The rebellious teenage son of a former colleague used to confront his father with this taunt: "Say, Dad, what's new in history?" He had a point. The past has already happened, so it seems difficult to ...

While nonhuman animals (animals) have played a large role in many aspects of human history, most traditional historical works either give them passing coverage or ignore them totally. 1 That is among ...

University of Dayton Assistant Professor of Environmental History Daniel Vandersommers is using animal history to examine a storied American institution in his new book, Entangled Encounters at the ...

The bees are disappearing, but at least the ticks are on the rise. And just in case you want to make a tick a pet, I warn you, they're very clingy. Is this history? To say human and animal history are ...