About ACP
I began writing The Language of Animals—a book about the science of animal communication—in 1995. I thought that book-store visitors might want to flip the book open and begin looking and reading, so I wrote each chapter to stand on its own to some degree. This organization also works on a web site, in which readers can navigate to any section and begin reading. The Language of Animals is out of print now, but you can find it in a library.
Much has changed since the mid 1990s, and I try to keep the site current with the News section, which contains short descriptions of ongoing research. I welcome suggestions and corrections.
Nonprofit
The Animal Communication Project is and will remain a nonprofit (in fact, no-income) effort.
All contributions remain the intellectual property of contributors and are clearly so marked. You must ask permission of the copyright owner to use any of the contents in any way. If you link to the site, I would appreciate being notified. Send e-mail to Stephen Hart.
Science Triumphs over Nonsense—well, sort of.
The Animal Communication Project remains in the top five on some search engines when using the search term “animal communication.” But look elsewhere in the listings and note the ratio of science to nonsense. If that ratio bothers you, help ACP by linking to this site from your site, contribute to ACP or send me a URL for another site on animal communication science and I’ll link to it from ACP.
Tools
I built The Animal Communication Project on Apple Macintosh computers using Adobe GoLive, Adobe Photoshop, Big Bang MenuMachine, Nikon Coolpix cameras, Apple iPhoto, Apple QuickTime Pro, felt tip Sound Studio and other great software. The site is hosted by GoLiveHost. The wonderful community at my world-wide watercooler, the GoLive Talk mailing list, has been both helpful and amusing for many years.
Stephen Hart writes and edits—specializing in science and medicine—from his home in the forested foothills of the Olympic Mountains in Washington State.
He enjoys thinking about science and the natural world and has done so from a variety of perspectives: student, teacher, researcher and writer, amateur photographer.
He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology from the University of Washington and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Since 1989, he has tackled topics ranging from microscopic animals to intergalactic cosmology. His work has appeared in mainstream periodicals, specialty periodicals for scientists and physicians, popular books, textbooks for adults and children, and on the web. You can find complete information about his writing and editing at his work web site.
