Brandon Keim

Brandon Keim is a freelance journalist specialising in science, nature and technology. His work has appeared in Wired, Nautilus and Scientific American Mind. He lives in Brooklyn.

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A coyote on a concrete path in a suburban area facing the camera, with trees and fences lining the sides.

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Ecology and environmental sciences

A tale of three dogs

Coyotes, dingoes and wolves are all dogs, as intelligent and loyal as our familiars. Our treatment of them is unconscionable

Brandon Keim

Close-up photo of an owl with large yellow eyes and detailed feathers, set against a blurred green background.

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Ecology and environmental sciences

Why we need to stop thinking so much about climate change

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Photo of a brown bear sitting in tall grass under green shrubs, covering its face with a paw in a forest setting.

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Bioethics

Earth is not a garden

Some of the world’s most powerful conservationists are giving up on wilderness. They are making a big mistake

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A beetle carrying a miniature ship on its back. The background shows colourful buildings and a street descending toward the sea.

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Automation and robotics

I, cockroach

Do insects feel pain? Are they conscious? A science kit for at-home cyborg cockroaches provokes the hard questions

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Photo of two small shorebirds standing in shallow water, facing each other with a background of blurred rocks and moss.

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Bioethics

Being a sandpiper

Animals have thoughts, feelings and personality. Why have we taken so long to catch up with animal consciousness?

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