Author Archives: admin

About admin

Oliver Starr is an author, entrepreneur, former technology executive, and wildlife conservationist with a career spanning journalism, technology, strategic communications, and executive leadership. An early contributor to TechCrunch and founding writer of MobileCrunch, he later served in senior executive and advisory roles, including Chief Evangelist at Pearltrees. Today, he is the founder and Executive Director of the Tahoe Wolf Center, author of The Wolf Lover’s Guide to Raising Dogs, and a TEDx speaker. His wildlife and educational content has generated more than 100 million documented views across digital platforms.

Are You Okay With Subsidizing the Slaughter of Wolves?

Posted on May 16, 2013 by admin

Post by Oliver Starr: Are You Okay With Subsidizing the Slaughter of Wolves? View Post on Quora

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Trappers! Put Up or Shut Up!

Posted on April 17, 2013 by admin

I've updated the post on my bounty for: Post by Oliver Starr: Trappers! Put Up or Shut Up! View Post on Quora

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Excluding humans, are there any animals regarded as geniuses of their species?

Posted on April 16, 2013 by admin

Answer by Oliver Starr: While there's been lots written about birds, chimps and cetaceans, my own vote goes to canids.  Here's one example from NOVA and another from my own personal videos: This dog knows over 1000 words!http://youtu.be/_6479QAJuz8 This wolf … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

How much do all wild terrestrial vertebrates weigh?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by admin

Answer by Oliver Starr: I'm not sure it's possible to answer this question with any degree of accuracy since we haven't even reliably identified all terrestrial vertebrates and have only limited knowledge of the numbers of many.  There's even great … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Trappers! Put Up or Shut Up!

Posted on March 20, 2013 by admin

Post by Oliver Starr: Trappers! Put Up or Shut Up! View Post on Quora

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

What’s up with Coyotes?

Posted on March 12, 2013 by admin

Coyotes are amazing. Learn more here: Coyotes in Canids / Animalia / The Living World / Science / Oliver Starr (ostarr)

Posted in coyotes | Leave a comment

The Ultimate Wolf Information Resource

Posted on May 21, 2012 by admin

Pearltrees is a place to collect, organize and share the things you care about. Please take a look at the resource I’ve curated here on wolves and if you share this interest, send me a team-up request and you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Pearltrees, Personal, Political, trappers, wolf killers, Wolves | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Trapping is Not a Sport!

Posted on May 20, 2012 by admin

A few of my thoughts on “sport hunting and trapping”: Hunting of any kind is not a sport. Sport implies a competition between equally matched parties that are both aware of and agree to “the contest”. In sport, clear rules … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, trappers, wolf killers, Wolves | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Soap Suds for Kids

Posted on June 10, 2009 by admin

If you’re anything like me you spend a lot of time traveling for work.  Among other things, this means a lot of nights away from home in hotel rooms.  I’ll bet I’m not the only one whom, as a result … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Power, Personal | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Singularity is Here: Google Launches CADIE

Posted on April 1, 2009 by admin

Considering that it may be the end of life as we know it, Google’s announcement of CADIE is surprisingly low key.  The world’s first Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity (CADIE), according to Google, has done what many thought was impossible and … Continue reading →

Posted in End of Days, google, Singularity | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments