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Lee Alan Dugatkin

Lee Alan Dugatkin is an animal behaviorist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science at the University of Louisville. He is the author of 15 books, including The Well-Connected Animal: Social Networks and the Wondrous Complexity of Animal Societies and How to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog.

How a Hurricane Brought Monkeys Together

This island of macaques rebuilt their social networks after calamity.

May 13, 2024

The Astonishing Ways Animals Use Social Networks

Lee Alan Dugatkin on his 3 greatest revelations while writing <i>The Well-Connected Animal.</i>

May 13, 2024

The Machiavellians of the Animal Kingdom

Want to see a power play in a group? Behold the mongoose.

April 13, 2022

The Botanist Who Defied Stalin

His dream of feeding the world died in prison. His dream of a seed bank lives on.

April 21, 2021

When Science Was the Best Show in America

The first US museum was devoted to truth and reason. Then the circus came to town.

November 18, 2020