The Emotional Lives of Animals
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A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter
In this revised and updated edition of a seminal and award-winning exploration of animal emotion, sentience, and cognition, a prominent animal researcher discusses and incorporates the surge of new science in a fascinating and vital field of study
- The original (2007) edition of this book presaged the dramatic growth in research on animal minds, going on to sell more than 55,000 copies
- This revised edition packs in more than 15 years of new science that bolsters Bekoff’s original claims about animal emotions
- Bekoff is recognized as a preeminent voice in the media for animal sentience and dog behavior, with high-profile appearances in Time, Life, the New York Times, New Scientist, and BBC Wildlife and on Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, and 20/20, among others
- Includes an updated foreword by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall
— HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
— JANE GOODALL, from the foreword
— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)
MARC BEKOFF, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has published more than thirty books and writes the “Animal Emotions” blog for Psychology Today. He has won many awards for his research on animal behavior, animal emotions (cognitive ethology), compassionate conservation, and animal protection; has worked closely with Jane Goodall; and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. He also works with inmates at the Boulder County Jail. In June 2022 Bekoff was recognized as a Hero by the Academy of Dog Trainers. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. JANE GOODALL is a world-renowned conservationist and animal advocate.
When award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff penned the first edition of The Emotional Lives of Animals in 2007, he predicted that in twenty years’ time our understanding of animal cognition and emotion would be “richer, more accurate, and possibly different.” This turned out to be an understatement. Not only has the field seen an explosion of new and startling research, but the popular appetite for this research has grown as well, spawning podcasts, countless ar- ticles, and bestselling books from Frans de Waal, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and Ed Yong, among others.
Based on Bekoff’s years of studying social communication in a wide range of species, this book was one of the first to establish the rich emotional lives of animals. Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest scientific research confirming the existence of emotions that common sense and experience have long implied. Filled with light humor and touching stories, The Emotional Lives of Animals is a clarion call for reassessing both how we view and how we treat animals.
