Mitigating Threats to Amphibians and Reptiles

Amphibians and reptiles are among the most at-risk animal taxa on the planet. These organisms face numerous threats, including habitat loss; unnaturally high levels of mortality from roads, disease, and predators; and collection for the illegal pet and medicinal trades. […]

The Philosophical Animal

  Although there have been dissenters, the history of modern Western thought on nonhuman animals has been strongly influenced by Cartesian Scepticism, so named for 17th Century philosopher Rene Descartes. He influentially argued that, as the only ‘philosophical animal’ or […]

The Ethics of Ecological Research

  In 2014, CEEEC was awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant to conduct research on the ethics of ecological research. The core team for this project includes Crozier (PI), Schulte-Hostedde (Co-applicant), Peña-Guzmán (Post-doctoral Fellow), and Hansen (Co-applicant), with Buchanan, Litzgus, […]

ReNewZOOs

In light of the extinction crisis gripping the planet, modern zoos and aquariums are positioning themselves to supply society with unique research, data, management, husbandry, monitoring and outreach related to the conservation of biodiversity. It is critical that zoos and aquariums […]