Now, if there’s one thing we know about nerds out there, it’s that they love a creature. It can be a cute creature, a fearsome beast, a gorgeous animal, or a hideous monstrosity, and ardent fans will ...

Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy’s Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals is a provocative, sometimes disturbing examination of Americans’ evolving attitudes ...

“Our Kindred Creatures” details the rise, and contradictions, of the animal welfare movement. By Andrew Graybill Andrew Graybill is a professor of history at Southern Methodist University. He is ...

When you were a child, tales of pirates and gold-filled chests caught your fancy, and every bare spot in the ground had potential. You might have learned, as an adult, to use a metal detector, or ...