Yes, Animals Have Personalities, and They’re More Important Than Looks

SIERRA CLUB: ‘Scientists have long disdained anthropomorphism, or the notion that whatever emotions humans experience, animals must, too. A species’ behavior, biologists held, was determined solely by what it ate, what was out to eat it, and its drive to kill or forage. That’s what wildlife biologist Dr. John Shivik was taught in graduate school—that … Continue reading Yes, Animals Have Personalities, and They’re More Important Than Looks