Erica Tennenhouse

Editor & science journalist.

[Camille Labchuk @CamilleLabchuk]

These monkeys went to Charles River Laboratories, a notorious biomedical company that was convicted in the US for letting 32 monkeys bake alive. But Canada doesn't regulate or monitor animal research, so we have no idea what these monkeys will endure. https://t.co/ja1giJaDt7

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Odd that our measures of animal intelligence are often tests for what we do better than they, rather than for what they do better than we.

[Camille Labchuk @CamilleLabchuk]

This “ban” on gestation crates was never enforceable, but merely a non-binding commitment. Pig farmers broke their promise because they know there are no legal consequences for this action. We need gov to step in & impose laws on this unregulated industry. https://t.co/3twaut9cAk

[Erica Tennenhouse @erica_ten]

Gestation crates for pregnant pigs are widely considered inhumane. Canada's pork industry is now requesting a five-year extension on its deadline to phase them out. via @forbes https://t.co/lTFAeF9M4X

[Erica Tennenhouse @erica_ten]

Shocked that @PLOSONE would publish this.

[Dog Science Says @dogsciencesays]

Custom-made 3D printed eyes developed for dogs. But, is surgically removing eyes from young healthy dogs and euthanizing them 6 months later worth it?

PLOS ONE, November 2020
Link to paper: https://t.co/QIz8OEPCjS

[Malcolm M. Campbell @m_m_campbell]

#SixIncredibleThingsBeforeBreakfast
Dance dance revolution.
Rare shorebirds do a useful, synchronised, aquatic twirl.
https://t.co/L21EQHJWy8
#birds #ornithology #ethology #biology by @erica_ten

[Erica Tennenhouse @erica_ten]

@_JSGutierrez @BehavEcol @SorianoRedondo @ScienceMagazine Thanks for chatting with me about your fascinating study!

[Erica Tennenhouse @erica_ten]

Do people still wear mink? And who? https://t.co/D3EhrlWyh5

[Tanya Martínez @iguacachick]

Totally psyched to have my research featured in @NatGeo! Thank you @erica_ten for making this happen. And thank you of course to my former advisor David Logue from @BirdSongLab1. You are the best!

https://t.co/Ypb7xzsyLx

[Christine Dell'Amore @cdellamore]

Say what?? Captive Puerto Rican parrots have developed a new dialect in captivity, the first evidence of such a phenomenon. @erica_ten explores implications for the rare species' survival on @NatGeo 🦜https://t.co/wNP4tHeSR0

[Mongabay @mongabay]

Former Wall Street analyst wields data to replant charred Madagascar rainforests, @erica_ten reports: https://t.co/lY4ZH9vl23

[Charles Adler @charlesadler]

You call this a farm? No future civilization (your children, grandchildren and great grandchildren)will look back with respect for one that houses living beings for their entire tortured lives in this death chamber. https://t.co/i2P49ci0jp

[Kendra Coulter @DrKendraCoulter]

"The end of factory farming is an invitation to develop compelling new possibilities rooted in interspecies respect... to create new income sources and #humanejobs for diverse people." My column in the Conversation. https://t.co/LG7aCAXTPl #humanejobs #sustainability #OneHealth

[Animal Justice @AnimalJustice]

Did you know? Many popular coconut products are made with coconuts harvested using the cruel labour of monkeys. Monkeys are brutally ripped from the wild as babies, live on chains, and are forced to pick up to 1,000 coconuts a day 💔

https://t.co/EPnovPqcJX

[Erica Tennenhouse @erica_ten]

Koala females don't avoid mating with their kin, which is becoming a problem as forest fragmentation prevents males from scoping out new territories away from their relatives. My latest for @forbes https://t.co/qKlJpZ0VXb

[Alex Knapp @TheAlexKnapp]

Interesting look at the phenomenon of seabirds that feed by just taking big bites out of living whales by @erica_ten https://t.co/wqa4KthiEn

[Erica Tennenhouse @erica_ten]

“One individual kelp gull realized that it did not need to wait for a whale to die in order to eat its skin… then other gulls imitated the behavior and it spread to the whole population,” says Mariano Sironi. https://t.co/UYEOjug25Z

[Erica Tennenhouse @erica_ten]

Ontario Farm Organization Claims Animals Don't Think or Feel | Psychology Today https://t.co/fXn8GoPnfo