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There\'s a certain a kind of visual encounter that can be life changing: A cross-species gaze. The experience of looking directly into the eyes of an animal in the wild, and seeing it look back. It happens more often than you\\u2019d think and it can be so profound, there\\u2019s a name for it: eye-to-eye epiphany. So what happens when someone with feathers or fur and claws looks back? How does it change people, and what can it teach us?

Human identity cannot be separated from our nonhuman kin. From forest ecology to the human microbiome, emerging research suggests that being human is a complicated journey made possible only by the good graces of our many companions. In partnership with the\\xa0Center for Humans and Nature\\xa0and with support from the\\xa0Kalliopeia Foundation, To The Best Of Our Knowledge is\\xa0exploring this theme of "kinship"\\xa0in a special radio series.

Original Air Date:\\xa0February 08, 2020

Guests:

Gavin Van Horn\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Jenny Kendler\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Ivan Schwab\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Jane Goodall\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Alan Lightman

Interviews In This Hour:

In The Eye Of The Osprey: A Physicist\'s Wild Epiphany\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0100 Bird Eyes Are Watching You\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0The Look That Changed Primatology\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Watching the Fierce Green Fire Die: Animal Gazes That Shaped Conservation Movements\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0The 600 Million Year History Of The Eye\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0\'We Are The Feast\' \\u2014 A Feminist Philosopher\'s Life-Changing Encounter With A Crocodile\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0How Do You Practice Kinship? A Brief Meditation\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Sharing Eye-To-Eye Epiphanies With The Animal World

Further Reading:

"The Disruptive Eye" by Gavin Van Horn\\u2014"6 a.m. on LaSalle Street" by Katherine Cummings\\u2014"Salmon Speak ~ Why Not Earth?" by Bron Taylor\\u2014"The Eyes of an Owl" by Greg Ripley\\u2014"From Bestiary" by Elise Paschen