Emily Anthes
@emilyanthes.bsky.social
Science reporter at The New York Times, covering animal health and science • emily.anthes@nytimes.com Signal: emilyanthes.41
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.
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Why Are Cats Such a Medical Black Box? (Gift Article)
Many aspects of feline health remain a mystery, even to experts. Our cat-owning reporter learned this the hard way.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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...
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 emily.anthes@nytimes.com or on Signal at emilyanthes.41
You can reach me at emily.anthes@nytimes.com or on Signal at emilyanthes.41
February 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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 emily.anthes@nytimes.com or on Signal at emilyanthes.41
You can reach me at emily.anthes@nytimes.com 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...
But how much does breed shape a dog’s health and behavior?
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February 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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...
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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
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Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird Flu (Gift Article)
A new version of the virus is widespread in wild birds but had not previously been detected in cows.
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February 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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
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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...
“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...
The Perfect Cacio e Pepe Recipe, According to Science
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January 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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...
“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...
The Animal Celebrities Who Surprised, Soothed and Screamed at Us in 2024 (Gift Article)
Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, Flaco the escaped eagle-owl, Charlotte the maybe-pregnant stingray — they distracted us from the messy human world but were also clear reflections of it.
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December 31, 2024 at 2:36 AM
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...
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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 !
🧪🌎🦑🦈
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/s...
Thanks @emilyanthes.bsky.social !
🧪🌎🦑🦈
The Animal Celebrities Who Surprised, Soothed and Screamed at Us in 2024
Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, Flaco the escaped eagle-owl, Charlotte the maybe-pregnant stingray — they distracted us from the messy human world but were also clear reflections of it.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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 !
🧪🌎🦑🦈
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.
December 15, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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...
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...
For Wild Animals, the Bird Flu Disaster Is Already Here
Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild.
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December 13, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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...
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...
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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...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/s...
Can These Ex-Hollywood Chimps Find a Place Among the Apes?
Behind the scenes at a Chicago zoo, chimpanzees who spent years entertaining humans are learning to befriend their own kind.
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November 27, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/s...
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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...
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...
Let’s Discuss: ‘Our Rodent Selfies, Ourselves’
What can two rats teach us about our addiction to social media? Read the article and post your comments and questions for Emily Anthes by Dec. 5.
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November 21, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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...
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...
From Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee, These Apes May Have Humanlike Culture
Researchers describe a link between genetic relatedness and sophisticated tool use in primates in East and Central Africa, suggesting their culture is cumulative.
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November 21, 2024 at 7:40 PM
I know a @michaelroston.bsky.social headline when I see one www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/s...
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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...
What Trump’s Return Could Mean for Animals
A second Trump administration could alter the lives of all sorts of animals, whether they live in laboratories, zoos, fields or forests.
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November 20, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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...
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Good article on megafires by @emilyanthes.bsky.social
in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/s...
in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/s...
October 19, 2023 at 4:07 AM
Good article on megafires by @emilyanthes.bsky.social
in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/s...
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...
How Megafires Are Remaking the World
In our Pyrocene age, enormous wildfires aren’t merely damaging ecosystems but transforming them.
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October 16, 2023 at 1:33 PM
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...
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. @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...
In the Big City, Wildlife Researchers Are on the Prowl
Scientists are studying urban animals and the diseases they carry, to understand the potential risks to people, pets and the animals themselves.
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October 3, 2023 at 1:50 PM
. @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...
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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
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/science/extreme-weather-chimpanzees.html
Extreme Weather Is Coming. Someone Has to Tell the Chimps.
How do you teach 300 chimpanzees to seek safety in a storm? With cowbells, sound machines and a bright orange Frisbee.
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August 8, 2023 at 8:06 PM
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
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/science/extreme-weather-chimpanzees.html
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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."
August 8, 2023 at 6:47 PM
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 🧪:
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 seek safety in a storm? With cowbells, sound machines and a bright orange Frisbee.
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2023 at 1:18 PM
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 🧪:
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...
How do you teach 300 chimpanzees to take shelter in a storm? With cowbells, sound machines and an orange Frisbee. @ChimpHaven
My new...
November 17, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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...
How do you teach 300 chimpanzees to take shelter in a storm? With cowbells, sound machines and an orange Frisbee. @ChimpHaven
My new...
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🧪 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).
Could the Next Pandemic Start at the County Fair?
It was showtime at the youth swine exhibition, and the pig barn was bustling. The competitors, ages 3 to 21, were practicing their walks for the show ring and brushing pig bristles into place. Parents...
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July 25, 2023 at 7:27 PM
🧪 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.”...
November 17, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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.”...
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we stan a spherical queen
During some recent reporting I met a pregnant Houston Toad. You have never seen such a round little lady in your life
July 3, 2023 at 8:06 PM
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
November 17, 2024 at 2:51 AM
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.
November 17, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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.