Susana Monsó

Assistant Professor, UNED

Susana Monsó is an assistant professor at the Dept. of Logic, History, and Philosophy of Science of UNED (Madrid). She is the author of La Zarigüeya de Schrödinger (Schrödinger’s Possum), a book on how animals experience and understand death.

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Written by Susana Monsó

A snake lying on green moss, displaying an open mouth with a visible tongue and dark, patterned scales.

essayEvolution

What animals think of death

Having a concept of death, far from being a uniquely human feat, is a fairly common trait in the animal kingdom

Susana Monsó

A brown rat in sharp focus against a black background, highlighting its whiskers, eyes, and ears.

essayAnimals and humans

Rats are us

They are sentient beings with rich emotional lives, yet we subject them to experimental cruelty without conscience. Why?

Kristin Andrews & Susana Monsó