Press

We recently won a NERC grant to study dog dometication. News of this success was broadcast on several live radio interviews including Good Morning Scotland, the Today Programme, and 5Live. In addition, the telegraph reported the story here. - Feb 11, 2013


Greger was quoted in a recent article (Search for Wild Chicken.pdf) in Science about the state of play in chicken domestication research - Nov. 23, 2012.


Greger appread in an Academic Minute speaking about dog domestication on Sept. 12th, 2012.


Press about arctic fox Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper in the Wall Street Journal, New Scientist, and Sunderland Echo.


Press about dog domestication PNAS paper in New York Times, Daily Mail, and BBC.


Article about Greger’s presentation at the SAA conference in Memphis in April 2012

Commercial Appeal - April 21, 2012


Tame Theory: Did Bonobos Domesticate Themselves?

Scientific American - Jan 25, 2012


Campus round-up

Times Higher Education - Dec 8, 2011


New Data Fuel Dogfight Over the Origins of Man's Best Friend

Science NOW - Nov 29, 2011


Greger appears in a 40 minute short film on the DVD of the Pearl Jam 20 documentary directed by Cameron Crowe released on October 25th 2011. The film is based on a 2008 article Greger wrote that appeared online. A clip of the DVD extra is on Youtube and a PDF of the article is here.


Greger was quoted in a comprehensive article about domestication.

National Geographic - March 2011


Greger was quoted in a Christmas related article about domestic animals in the stable.

New Scientist - 20 Dec 2010


Greger appeared on a documentary about a boat trip in the Pacific.

ZDF - German television - Aired Sept. 5, 2010


Greger was featured in the Spring 2010 issue of EMBO Encounters magazine discussing his experiences with television.


Greger was featured on a recent edition of the BBC2 program Horizon entitled:

The Secret Life of the Dog  

BBC2 - Aired 6 Jan 2010


Supersized lions roamed Britain

BBC - 1 April 2009


Colourful pigs evolved through farming, not nature

NewScientist - 16 Jan 2009


What links Paris Hilton and Ancient Mesopotamians?

Journal Live - 16 Jan 2009


Chicken Bone Spurs Debate Over Americas' First Visitors

National Geographic - 28 July 2008


Tower's royal lions 'from Africa'

BBC - 25 March 2008


Darwin was wrong about (chicken) evolution

Telegraph - 29 Feb 2008


Critically endangered Pygmy Hog upgraded as unique evolutionary line.

Wildlife Extra - 15 Nov 2007


Pig DNA reveals farming history

BBC - 4 Sept 2007


Pig study illuminates ancient human activity: Farmers, not just their practices, moved in two great migration routes west across Europe, DNA research reveals

Los Angeles Times - 4 Sept 2007


Pigs clue to early human colonies

BBC - 13 March 2007


Revealed: the feline family ties that bind all cats

Independent - 9 August 2005


Seven times lucky for pig tamers

NewScientist - 11 March 2005


Pigs domesticated ‘many times’

BBC - 11 March 2005