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Brandon Keim

Brandon Keim (Substack | Instagram |Bluesky | Mastodon) is a freelance journalist and contributing editor at Nautilus. His new book, Meet the Neighbors, explores what the science of animal intelligence means for how we understand and live with the wild creatures around us.

The Dreams of a Bumblebee in Autumn

Yes, bees dream. We can even imagine what.

February 11, 2026

How Animals Understand Death

Intimations of mortality are not ours alone

April 28, 2025

The Unnatural History of Bird Flu

H5N1 is a human creation

February 12, 2025

The New Science of Animal Minds

The author on writing his new book <i>Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More-Than-Human World</i>.

July 16, 2024

The Marvelous Seamounts of the Southeast Pacific

An expedition to a little-explored region returns with deep-sea wonders.

April 3, 2024

Giving Thanks for Whales

Some of our favorite stories about those marvelous marine mammals.

November 23, 2023

Why Ships Kill Thousands of Whales Every Year

An interview with the documentary filmmaker who has spotlighted the deadly ocean collisions.

September 14, 2023

The Dubious Economics of Deep-Sea Mining

Environment aside, is it just a bad investment?

June 7, 2023

A Conversation with Animal Rights Pioneer Peter Singer

"Animal Liberation" is nearly 50 years old. What have we learned?

May 25, 2023

How Was Abortion Understood Historically?

One question for Claudia Ford, an herbalist and midwife turned environmental historian at SUNY.

August 16, 2022

Termination of Pregnancy Has Always Been Part of Women’s Health

Plants, prejudice, and history lessons for a post-Roe nation.

July 22, 2022

He Did Right by Animals. And Didn’t Take Bull from Anyone.

Bernard Rollin was a pioneer in animal rights. He left us with this scalding interview.

December 15, 2021