Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
Science writer and author of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick (Icon Books, April 2025 and University of Chicago Press, May 2025). Co-author of Furry Logic: the Physics of Animal Life.
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Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· Apr 17
The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick
The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick
From frogs to ferrets, an eye-opening account of the ways we affect the health of other species – and vice versa
www.theguardian.com
Hugely honoured to be The Guardian's Book of the Day! Thank you to all the team.
Absolutely delighted that The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick was reviewed by MIT's Harriet Ritvo in The TLS.
'Reciprocal transmission may happen through contact either direct or via intermediaries, or at a remove, when anthropogenic environmental changes make habitats less healthy.'
Harriet Ritvo on the transmission of diseases between animals and humans
Harriet Ritvo on the transmission of diseases between animals and humans
How to stop making ourselves and other animals sick
www.the-tls.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Absolutely delighted that The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick was reviewed by MIT's Harriet Ritvo in The TLS.
Thank you for flagging The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick for #WorldZoonosesDay @VanessaSpedding Here's a link for anyone who'd like to read it uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #OneHealth #wildlifehealth
July 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Thank you for flagging The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick for #WorldZoonosesDay @VanessaSpedding Here's a link for anyone who'd like to read it uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #OneHealth #wildlifehealth
Reposted by Liz Kalaugher
Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry.
Tick-borne diseases are booming – but we have new ways to fight them
Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry
www.newscientist.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry.
Reposted by Liz Kalaugher
Something that should be talked about more:
“… human-made noise can be so loud and so pervasive in some areas that it blocks the natural sounds that would otherwise be audible. This affects the behaviour and life cycles of wildlife… Noise pollution also reduces our own health and wellbeing”
“… human-made noise can be so loud and so pervasive in some areas that it blocks the natural sounds that would otherwise be audible. This affects the behaviour and life cycles of wildlife… Noise pollution also reduces our own health and wellbeing”
How to design landscapes that enhance natural sounds and minimise noise pollution
Paying attention to soundscapes within the landscape design process can create a stronger sense of place and reduce unwanted noise.
theconversation.com
June 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Something that should be talked about more:
“… human-made noise can be so loud and so pervasive in some areas that it blocks the natural sounds that would otherwise be audible. This affects the behaviour and life cycles of wildlife… Noise pollution also reduces our own health and wellbeing”
“… human-made noise can be so loud and so pervasive in some areas that it blocks the natural sounds that would otherwise be audible. This affects the behaviour and life cycles of wildlife… Noise pollution also reduces our own health and wellbeing”
Delighted to be on @howonearthradio.bsky.social on @kgnu.bsky.social with the extremely dedicated Beth Bennett howonearthradio.org/archives/10129 #wildlife #OneHealth #wildlifehealth
Animal Pandemics?
On this week’s How on Earth, Beth talks with author and science journalist Liz Kalaugher, about her new book, The Elephant in the room:How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick. Thi…
howonearthradio.org
June 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Delighted to be on @howonearthradio.bsky.social on @kgnu.bsky.social with the extremely dedicated Beth Bennett howonearthradio.org/archives/10129 #wildlife #OneHealth #wildlifehealth
Delighted to be talking #wildlifehealth and #OneHealth on Talk Nerdy podcast with Cara Santa Maria www.carasantamaria.com/podcast/liz-...
Animal Illness w/ Liz Kalaugher
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by science journalist and author, Liz Kalaugher. They discuss Liz’s newly released book, “The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other...
www.carasantamaria.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Delighted to be talking #wildlifehealth and #OneHealth on Talk Nerdy podcast with Cara Santa Maria www.carasantamaria.com/podcast/liz-...
Well said, Anouk!
The @btobirds.bsky.social Blackbirds in Gardens is such an important survey!
Find out in this blog in @springernature.com why #bird diversity could help us control the prevalence of #mosquito-borne viruses #Usutu & #WestNileVirus
go.nature.com/4dvj3g4
#ecology #onehealth #biodiversity
Find out in this blog in @springernature.com why #bird diversity could help us control the prevalence of #mosquito-borne viruses #Usutu & #WestNileVirus
go.nature.com/4dvj3g4
#ecology #onehealth #biodiversity
May 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Well said, Anouk!
Ecocide legislation like this would also benefit #wildlife - and human - health
"The proposed law is designed to put #ecocide on a similar legal footing to other grave crimes such as murder."
@theguardian.com reports on the introduction of the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill yesterday.
Story➡️ www.theguardian.com/...
#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
@theguardian.com reports on the introduction of the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill yesterday.
Story➡️ www.theguardian.com/...
#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
May 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ecocide legislation like this would also benefit #wildlife - and human - health
Excited that the pen I used to sign copies of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick will soon be on the ceiling at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Excited that the pen I used to sign copies of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick will soon be on the ceiling at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social
Delighted that The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick is a table neighbour (I feel there should be a word for that) to Lucy Mangan and @ginarippon.bsky.social in the amazing @toppingsbath.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Delighted that The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick is a table neighbour (I feel there should be a word for that) to Lucy Mangan and @ginarippon.bsky.social in the amazing @toppingsbath.bsky.social
Delighted to be on the shelves of Bristol's Storysmith Books with such excellent company as @helenlpgordon.bsky.social Damian LeBas, Nicholas Jubber and @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Delighted to be on the shelves of Bristol's Storysmith Books with such excellent company as @helenlpgordon.bsky.social Damian LeBas, Nicholas Jubber and @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social
Great to see the US edition of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick hit the shelves today. Such a striking cover. Thank you @uchicagopress.bsky.social! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #wildlife #health
The Elephant in the Room
A healthier future starts with seeing the human causes of wildlife diseases. When new diseases spread, news reports often focus on wildlife culprits—rodents, monkeys and mpox; bats and COVID-19; wat...
press.uchicago.edu
May 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Great to see the US edition of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick hit the shelves today. Such a striking cover. Thank you @uchicagopress.bsky.social! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #wildlife #health
@psychologytoday.com and Marc Bekoff - Thank you for featuring The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick today! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim... #wildlifehealth
When We Make Wild Animals Sick, We Endanger Everyone
"The Elephant in the Room" is a globally important read about the myriad ways we cause wildlife to become sick and how, by protecting animals, we can protect ourselves.
www.psychologytoday.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@psychologytoday.com and Marc Bekoff - Thank you for featuring The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick today! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim... #wildlifehealth
Delighted to have an article in @unseenhistories.com
www.unseenhistories.com/neanderthal-... #wildlifehealth
www.unseenhistories.com/neanderthal-... #wildlifehealth
Neanderthal vs Human: did diseases make the difference? - Unseen Histories
Why did the Neanderthals vanish? Liz Kalaugher, author of The Elephant in the Room, investigates a theory.
www.unseenhistories.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Delighted to have an article in @unseenhistories.com
www.unseenhistories.com/neanderthal-... #wildlifehealth
www.unseenhistories.com/neanderthal-... #wildlifehealth
Hugely honoured to be The Guardian's Book of the Day! Thank you to all the team.
The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick
The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick
From frogs to ferrets, an eye-opening account of the ways we affect the health of other species – and vice versa
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Hugely honoured to be The Guardian's Book of the Day! Thank you to all the team.
Well done to everyone involved in negotiating this #PandemicAgreement. For background on why this is good news for #wildlife health as well as humans, please see my book The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
April 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Well done to everyone involved in negotiating this #PandemicAgreement. For background on why this is good news for #wildlife health as well as humans, please see my book The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Great to see an article on #OneHealth in the #PandemicAccord For background on why this is good news for wildlife health as well as humans, please see my book The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
After over 3 years of negotiations, WHO Member States have finalized a draft #PandemicAccord to make the world safer from future pandemics.
The draft agreement will now be submitted to WHO’s Member States meeting at the #WHA78 for consideration and adoption.
bit.ly/3EaZQmL
The draft agreement will now be submitted to WHO’s Member States meeting at the #WHA78 for consideration and adoption.
bit.ly/3EaZQmL
April 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Great to see an article on #OneHealth in the #PandemicAccord For background on why this is good news for wildlife health as well as humans, please see my book The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Thank you and happy birthday @rokewood.bsky.social!
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social absolutely delighted to have this on my birthday 🎁☺️. I commend to all!
April 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thank you and happy birthday @rokewood.bsky.social!
Thank you Giles Brown and @tre.radio for your excellent questions this morning, it was great to chat wildlife health!
On Giles Brown's Let's Talk from 10.00CET, @lizkalaugher.bsky.social on 'The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick', John Offeh from ULEZ Prosperity, and Matt Okuhara with 'Nuclear Copper: The Secret World of Nuclear Policing'
April 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thank you Giles Brown and @tre.radio for your excellent questions this morning, it was great to chat wildlife health!
Delighted to announce the UK publication of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick. A huge thank you to editor Connor Stait and the team at Icon Books, agent Doug Young at PEW Literary and to all the researchers who contributed. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
April 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Delighted to announce the UK publication of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick. A huge thank you to editor Connor Stait and the team at Icon Books, agent Doug Young at PEW Literary and to all the researchers who contributed. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Reposted by Liz Kalaugher
Over one million species of wild flora and fauna are threatened with extinction, many within decades.
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en
March 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Over one million species of wild flora and fauna are threatened with extinction, many within decades.
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en