AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Review
My Octopus Teacher
Marine WildlifeNetflix’s My Octopus Teacher is a visually breathtaking film that provides an intimate glimpse into the world of another species. When famed documentary filmmaker Craig Foster found himself unable to feel joy...
Tales from the Ant World
Terrestrial WildlifeTales from the Ant World, by famed naturalist E. O. Wilson, is full of interesting, absorbable facts about ants (at the time of writing 15,438 species had been recognized, with...
The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals
Companion AnimalsAs part of an ethnographic study, Katja Guenther—an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies at UC Riverside—spent three years as a volunteer at a high-intake animal shelter in metropolitan...
Every Penguin in the World
Terrestrial WildlifeIn this period of canceled travel plans and rarely venturing past one’s own front porch—if it can be helped—living vicariously through the adventures of people such as Charles Bergman, the...
Stress and Animal Welfare, 2nd Edition
The second edition of Stress and Animal Welfare describes the current understanding of how stress in humans and animals is connected to their welfare. It provides information that is essential for understanding...
The One and Only Bob
Companion AnimalsBob has not had an easy life. As a puppy, he and his siblings were thrown from a truck window by a cruel owner. Bruised and starving, Bob found his...
Night on Earth
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeNight on Earth reveals the startling activity of the natural world hiding behind the dark curtain of night. From the producer of Plant Earth II, this six-part Netflix series follows nocturnal animals...
One of Us
Terrestrial WildlifeWhen I began my faculty position at Utah State University, one of my new colleagues was behavioral ecologist Barrie Gilbert. Because we shared an interest in how humans and wildlife...
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeSeven Worlds, One Planet is a BBC docu-series that wonderfully brings the natural world of seven continents to viewers with beautiful cinematography and narration by the incomparable Sir David Attenborough. Each...
Cat Tale
Terrestrial WildlifeFew endangered species sagas are as complex as the fight to save the Florida panther. Journalist Craig Pittman does an excellent job of untangling 50 years of biopolitics, egos, and...