I'm starting a regular column, called "Pet Theory," about our creature companions. The first installment is out now, and it's a personal one. Gift link below. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/s...

I'd like to hear from current and former employees at USDA-APHIS (esp PPQ & VS) and USDA-ARS. Happy to keep your identity confidential or even just talk off the record, if that's what you'd prefer. You can reach me at [email protected] or on Signal at emilyanthes.41

It's "Best in Show" day at Westminster today, so I wrote a brief explainer on the history and science of dog breeds. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...

BREAKING: Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu that is distinct from the version that has been spreading through herds over the last year w/ @emilyanthes.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

Delightful story. “The authors were aware they were treading on sensitive ground. ‘I hope that eight Italian authors is enough,’ said Ivan Di Terlizzi’ a statistical physicist at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/s...

ICYMI: I tried to extract (a tiny amount of) meaning from the menagerie of animals that went viral in 2024 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/s...

I’m quoted in this New York Times year-in-review article about animal stories, talking about the Charlotte the pregnant stingray story. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/s... Thanks @emilyanthes.bsky.social ! 🧪🌎🦑🦈

Found this new-to-me childhood photo when cleaning out my uncle’s apartment this weekend.

Experts worry that the bird flu virus known as H5N1 might eventually set off the next pandemic. But for the world’s wild birds, the deadly, uncontained outbreak is already here. “The scale of the mortalities is truly unprecedented,” one ecologist said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/s...

What a perfect first post. Check out this @nytimes.com story about rescued #chimpanzees and the people who work together to advocate for them, including my colleagues at Lincoln Park Zoo. Great story by @emilyanthes.bsky.social (thank you!). #animalwelfare www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/s...

We've started a fun new FREE thing on the Learning Network where teens can discuss NYT articles with the journalists who wrote them. Up next is this delightful piece, featuring 21 rat selfies, by @emilyanthes.bsky.social, whose beat is animal science. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/l...

I know a @michaelroston.bsky.social headline when I see one www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/s...

Good overview of what a second Trump term could mean for animals, via @emilyanthes.bsky.social & @catrineinhorn.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/s...

Good article on megafires by @emilyanthes.bsky.social in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/s...

Fire is a natural phenomenon that is critical to the health of some ecosystems, and many species are remarkably resilient in the face of flames. But as fires intensify, they are beginning to outstrip nature’s ability to bounce back. 🧪 My latest: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/s...

. @emilyanthes.bsky.social reported this story from Queens, where she spent six hours observing raccoon and opossum swabbing. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/s...

come for the chimps training for emergency drills, stay for the whiteboard of chimp room assignments. such a fun story by @emilyanthes.bsky.social! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/science/extreme-weather-chimpanzees.html

Fantastic story! Also, it me: "Some of the chimps are more food-motivated than others. A few have been known to try taking shelter in two buildings, running into one and then back outside and into another, in order to receive two treats."

Extreme Weather Is Coming. Someone Has to Tell the Chimps.  How do you teach 300 chimpanzees to take shelter in a storm? With cowbells, sound machines and an orange Frisbee. My new story 🧪:

Extreme Weather Is Coming. Someone Has to Tell the Chimps. How do you teach 300 chimpanzees to take shelter in a storm? With cowbells, sound machines and an orange Frisbee. @ChimpHaven My new...

🧪 Spillovers are really common, for swine flu, bat coronaviruses, etc. Most of them don't transmit easily person to person, which saves us from frequent outbreaks or pandemics. But it only takes that one time to have a really bad outcome (by @emilyanthes.bsky.social).

Nestled near the top of a sugar maple tree was a magpie nest that resembled a cyberpunk porcupine, with thin metal rods sticking out in every direction. “I couldn’t believe my eyes,” a biologist said. “These are birds making a nest with anti-bird spikes.”...

we stan a spherical queen

trying to make your 600 views count by giving you photos of two kittens https://twitter.com/EmilyAnthes/status/1675208552254676992

Our new kittens finally have names! Meet Olive, the shy tortie, and Juniper, the confident calico. They’re four-month-old sisters, and they run the household now.

Our new kittens finally have names! Meet Olive, the shy tortie, and Juniper, the confident calico. They’re four-month-old sisters, and they run the household now.

NEW: In the U.S., there is little regulation of indoor air quality, and once a building is up and running, occupants typically have little insight into whether the air they are breathing is safe. Indoor air-quality sensors can make the invisible visible....

How do you decode the chemistry of mosquito attraction? With a 4,300-square foot flight cage, sleeping volunteers, customized canvas tents, precisely warmed hot plates and mosquito-tracking cameras. 🧪 (This is part of my new series about how scientists do what they do. Open to pitches and ideas!)

How do you decode the chemistry of mosquito attraction? With a 4,300-square foot flight cage, sleeping volunteers, customized canvas tents, precisely warmed hot plates and mosquito-tracking cameras....

A century ago, a well-ventilated building was considered good medicine. But by the time Covid-19 arrived, our buildings could barely breathe. How did that happen? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/health/covid-ventilation-air-quality.html

A century ago, a well-ventilated building was considered good medicine. But by the time Covid-19 arrived, our buildings could barely breathe. How did that happen? 🧪 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/health/covid-ventilation-air-quality.html

the end times seem less scary if you look at it as simply an increasing list of excuses for cancelling plans

You guys YOU GUYS It happened! A marine biologist colleague just sent me an email signed “best fishes!”

New anthropause paper dropped 🧪 During strict Covid shutdowns, wild mammals roamed more freely, a global study found. The data comes from tracking tags on 2,300 animals, from lions in Kenya to giant anteaters in Brazil. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/science/anthropause-pandemic-animals.html

Breathe easy, everyone — the air quality in New York has improved from “Hazardous” to “Unhealthy”

Jeremy has had another salad incident.

How do scientists stay ahead of bird flu? It starts with poop. My dispatch from the least glamorous trip to the Jersey shore. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/health/birds-flu-h5n1.html

And in more California condor news ......

The Oregon Zoo is using data-logging dummy eggs to monitor the conditions inside the nests of California condors. The data could inform efforts to breed the enormous birds, which are critically endangered....

We're live blogging the Westminster Dog Show! Follow along here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/09/sports/westminster-dog-show

I was curious what it's like to be a judge at the Westminster Dog Show. So I asked some judges, and they did not disappoint. @WKCDOGS ...

*NEW* Aardvarks, narwhals, meerkats and more: What a database of mammal genomes can teach us about animal evolution, physiology and conservation. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/science/genetics-dna-mammals.html

NEW: Inside the Scramble to Make a Half-Million Ants Feel at Home...

NEW: Scientists let parrots call their parrot friends. Here’s what happened. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/21/science/parrots-video-chat-facetime.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Would you like to see a video of an elephant peeling a banana? Trick question -- the answer is yes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/science/elephant-banana-peel.html

I wrote about the rise of veterinary telemedicine, and I still can't believe I got to keep this headline https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/health/vet-pet-health-telemedicine.html

Lyme Isn’t the Only Tick Disease to Worry About in the Northeast, C.D.C Says https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html?smid=tw-share

I don’t think I’ve ever read an NBA trade story before, but read this one all the way through. What a delight, @taniaganguli https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/sports/basketball/nba-suns-dogs-payne-bridges.html

oh. my. god. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/realestate/smart-home-devices.html by @anna_p_k

Are we trying to save animals in the wrong places? Great piece by @Emma_Marris https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/02/wild-animal-species-conservation-native-range-habitats/673153/