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Nov 18, 2024 | 
mdpi.com | Lila Muscosky |Alexandra Horowitz
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
vanityfair.it | Alexandra Horowitz |Rose Marie Cromwell
Questo articolo è pubblicato sul numero 30-31 di Vanity Fair in edicola fino al 30 luglio 2024. Pochi chilometri fuori dall’autostrada a Hempstead, Long Island, lungo una strada che si snoda dolcemente tra villette a due piani ordinate e prati pettinati, c’è un’enorme casa stile ranch con giardino, piscina e un grande recinto a rete, come una voliera, costruita per ospitare diciassette gatti. Ma quando ci sono arrivata, in una luminosa e fredda giornata autunnale, non era per vedere i gatti.
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Dec 16, 2023 | 
sciencefocus.com | Alexandra Horowitz
You won’t find the word ‘love’ in the published papers of scientists who research non-human animals. Ironically, though, most animal behaviour scientists were drawn to the subject because of their deep and abiding interest in them. And yet, generations of researchers have been trained not to use anthropomorphic words like ‘love’ to describe something a non-human animal might be feeling.
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Dec 16, 2023 | 
newsbreak.com | Alexandra Horowitz
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
phoenixmag.com | Rick Rubin |Alexandra Horowitz
From athletes and educators to artists and entrepreneurs, these superlative Valley dwellers are raising the proverbial bar. By Shi Bradley, Colton Cagle, Sara Crocker, Jessica Dunham, Brenna Gauchat, Marilyn Hawkes, Jason Keil, Leah LeMoine, Madeline Nguyen, Craig Outhier, Robrt L. Pela, Madison RutherfordOriginal Photography by CamerawerksIntroducing the Great 48 class of 2023. We think you’ll agree: They’re a dynamic group of Phoenicians.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
sciencefocus.com | Alexandra Horowitz
Since dogs began diverging from wolves tens of thousands of years ago, they’ve been changed for us, and by us, to suit us. This makes sense: natural selection describes how animals who have traits well suited to their environments are more likely to survive and bear young themselves. Artificial selection, the process of domestication, by which humans have taken over the role of nature in determining who survives and can breed, is quite similar.
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Sep 6, 2023 | 
sciencefocus.com | Alexandra Horowitz
My dog Pepper is an easygoing senior who loves bedtime. I’m sure his treat is part of it, but he also likes us all settling down for the night. He loves short walks, during which he gets to sniff a lot. And he’s thrilled to see the horse that lives in a field nearby (he used to be afraid of horses, so this still means extra treats). Lots of dogs would like these things, but they’re Pepper’s favourites.
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Sep 2, 2023 | 
sciencefocus.com | Alexandra Horowitz
Clearly, dogs are quite good at understanding us. But how far does this go and how are they able to understand our emotions – what cues are they reading? A dog who has lived among people is a much better reader of us than we are of them (or, one might suggest, of ourselves). In a way, dogs are anthropologists: they spend a lot of time observing us and thus learn associations between behaviours we might not know about ourselves.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
sciencefocus.com | Alexandra Horowitz
Every meeting of dogs usually starts with an introduction that involves a good butt sniff. What data are they gathering with this form of greeting? Indeed, when they leave their scent on something and smell scents left by other dogs, what information are they getting? Big-brained we humans might be, but we’re little-nosed. We’re visual creatures, interpreting the world first through sight; dogs are olfactory creatures, seeing that same world as a smell landscape.
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
nextbigideaclub.com | Alexandra Horowitz |Tom Mustill |Keggie Carew |Gloria Dickie
Since the dawn of humankind, our lives have always been deeply connected to those of the animals around us. They have been our most fearsome predators and our closest companions. They have provided nourishment for our bodies and inspiration for our greatest myths and spiritual traditions. Animal lovers know how beautiful these diverse creatures are, and how much gratitude and respect we owe them.
