Brandon Keim

Journalist

Brandon Keim is a freelance journalist and contributing editor at Nautilus. His book Meet the Neighbors (2024) explores the science of animal intelligence and our relations to wild animals and to nature. He writes the Substack The Catbird Seat.

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

essayEcology 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 of an owl with large yellow eyes and detailed feathers, set against a blurred green background.

ideaEcology and environmental sciences

Why we need to stop thinking so much about climate change

Brandon Keim

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

essayBioethics

Earth is not a garden

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

Brandon Keim

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

essayAutomation and robotics

I, cockroach

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

Brandon Keim

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

essayBioethics

Being a sandpiper

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

Brandon Keim

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