Animals and us: reflections on our challenging, frustrating, confusing, and deep interrelationships with other animals : What in the world do my essays have to do with psychology? ; Animals in our brain: Mickey Mouse, teddy bears, and "cuteness" ; Conservation psychology and animal and human well-being: scientists must pay attention to the social sciences ; Pets are good for us: where science and common sense meet ; Children and animals: teach the children well ; Nature-deficit disorder redux: kids need to get off their butts ; Animals and inmates: science behind bars ; Animal cruelty and antisocial behavior: a very strong link ; Dehumanization and animal-human similarity ; Animals can be ambassadors for forgiveness, generosity, peace, trust, and hope ; Letting a friend go: we usually know when it's time to say good-bye

Against speciesism: why all individuals are unique and special : Individual animals count: speciesism doesn't work ; Animal emotions, animal sentience, animal welfare, and animal rights ; Animal minds and the foible of human exceptionalism ; Animals don't laugh, think, get depressed, or love, declares a psychiatrist ; What makes us uniquely human?

Media and the (mis)representation of animals : Animals in media: righting the wrongs ; Are great apes "ultraviolent"? ; Chimpanzees and meerkats: the importance of accurate media ; The National Museum of Animals & Society ; Animals in art: nonhumans benefit from responsible representation

Why dogs hump, or, What we can learn from our special friends : Dog trust: some lessons from our companions ; My dog always eats first: homeless people and their animals ; Chancer and Iyal: a dog, his boy, and his dog ; Going to the dogs is a good idea: it's not a dog-eat-dog world ; Wild dogs in captivity are still wild dogs ; Can dogs experience guilt, pride, and shame: why not? ; Hidden tales of yellow snow: what a dog's nose knows: making sense of scents ; I'll have what she's having: dogs do it, too ; Dogs know what others know: some new and exciting findings about our best friends ; Stealth dogs steal food in the dark and snatch it quietly ; Dogs: looking at the way we look at our best friends ; Why dogs hump ; Social dominance is not a myth: wolves, dogs, and other animals ; Did Cesar Millan have to hang the husky?

Consciousness, sentience, and cognition: a potpourri of current research on flies, fish, and other animals : Animal consciousness and science matter ; Scientists finally conclude nonhuman animals are conscious beings ; Do animals know who they are? ; Do dogs really feel pain and are they really conscious? ; Age before beauty: older elephant matriarchs know what's best ; What do we learn from a tool-making genius bonobo and copy-cat orcas? ; Spider builds complex lifelike replica decoys outside web ; Flies on booze and apes on apps ; Bold fish and brilliant lizards ; Tool use by a dingo and a dog ; Chimpanzees in the crossfire: are they cleverer than us? ; Apes say "no" with a head shake, animals are lefties and righties, and getting out in nature is good. Duh! ; Do animals have spiritual experiences? Yes, they do

The emotional lives of animals: the ever-expanding circle of sentience includes depressed bees and empathic chickens : Emotional honeybees and brainy jelly fish ; The birds and the bees and their brains: size doesn't matter ; Crabs and fish feel pain: expanding the circle-of-sentience club ; The emotional lives of reptiles: stress and welfare ; Gorilla joy and chimpanzee grief without a doubt ; Gorillas dismantle poacher's traps: compassionate conservation of the gorilla-kind ; Do wild animals suffer from PTSD and other psychological disorders? ; Did a female burro commit suicide? ; Grieving animals: saying good-bye to friends and family ; A fox, a cougar, and a funeral ; Humpback whales protect a gray whale from killer whales ; Empathic chickens and cooperative elephants: emotional intelligence expands its range again ; Empathic rats and ravishing ravens ; Bonobos: going out of their way to help others ; Do "smarter" dogs really suffer more than "dumber" mice?

Wild justice and moral intelligence: don't blame other animals for our destructive ways : Wild justice and moral intelligence in animals ; "What were wars?" Don't blame other animals for human violence ; Human-like violence is extremely rare in other animals ; The moral lives of animals: what did Herman Melville have to say about animals? ; Give peace a chance: we do not have to go to war

The lives of captive creatures: why are they even there? : Zoos and aquariums do not accomplish what they claim they do ; "Faux" animals in cages deserve much better ; "Zoothanasia" is not euthanasia: words matter ; Elephants in LA Zoo aren't happy or content, says judge ; Deaths at Sea World: animals are dying to entertain in this seajail ; Tilly's Willy: in the name of science? ; Rewilding animals: going home at last ; Rewilding dolphins: good news for Tom and Misha ; Whipping horses doesn't work ; Rise of the Planet of the Apes shows that real primates no longer need to be used in movies ; Buddy the chimpanzee killed in Nevada because he wasn't really a pet

Who we eat is a moral question : Animals' lives matter: sentience and feelings count ; Who we eat is a moral question: vegans have nothing to defend ; Dead cow walking ; My beef with Temple Grandin: seemingly humane isn't enough ; Going "cold tofu" to end factory farming ; Brain scans show vegetarians and vegans are more empathic than omnivores ; Killing other animals for food does not make us human ; Babe, lettuce, and tomato: dead pig walking ; Is eating dogs different from eating cows and pigs? ; Vegans and oysters: if you eat oysters, you're not a vegan, so why the question?

Who lives, who dies, and why: redecorating nature, peaceful coexistence, and compassionate conservation : Close encounters of a lion kind: meeting cougars, foxes, bears...and bear poop ; Being "mad about wildlife" and redecorating nature ; Animals and cars: one million animals are killed on our roads every day ; Should we kill animals who presumably attack humans? ; Murder, Inc.: wildlife services brutally kills millions of animals with your money ; Recreational hunting: would you kill your dog for fun? ; Are fluffy pandas worth saving or should we let them go? ; Using hamsters to save ferrets: the need for compassionate conservation ; Bill and Lou: who lives, who dies, and why ; Saving sentience: homeless animals need all the help they can get ; Ignoring nature no more: compassionate conservation at work

Rewilding our hearts: the importance of kindness, empathy, and compassion for all beings : Twelve millennial mantras (with Jane Goodall): hope abounds ; Compassion begets compassion ; Old brains, new bottlenecks, and animals: solastalgia and our relationship with other beings ; Animal losses are rampant, but conservation efforts work ; Rewilding our hearts: maintaining hope and faith in trying times.