Dale Peterson

Dale Peterson (b. 1944) is an American writer of natural history and science, with a background in English literature. After earning a PhD at Stanford, he shifted from fiction to nonfiction, often weaving science with personal narrative. His work has examined mental illness, animal cognition, and conservation, written in accessible but deeply researched prose. Peterson became known for collaborations with primatologist Jane Goodall and for contributions to the ethics of human–animal relations. His writing brings ecological and psychological complexity into broader cultural view.

“Excerpts from a project on Trees and Beasts” Denise Hoffman Brandt© Denise Hoffman What do we actually mean when we talk about nature? As a professor in a discipline that since the early 1970s has, mostly, claimed to practice “design with nature”—referencing Ian McHarg’s book (1969) of that title—that’s a question I have often asked. […]

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