Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. He is the author of five popular science books on the inner lives of animals, including Super Fly, Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, The Exultant Ark, What a Fish Knows, and Jake and Ava: A Boy and a Fish, a New York Times best seller. He has published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection.

Formerly Department Chair for Animal Studies with the Humane Society University, and Director of Animal Sentience with The Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, Jonathan works as an independent author, and performs editing services for aspiring and established authors. He has also served as an Associate Editor for the journal Animal Sentience, and he taught a course in animal sentience for the Viridis Graduate Institute.

A popular speaker, Jonathan has lectured on six continents (the penguins eagerly anticipate his arrival in Antarctica).

Learn more about Jonathan at jonathanbalcombe.com