In the late 1980s and early 1990s I explored a variety of experimental approaches for the investigation of unexplained phenomena that might help to enlarge our scientific view of the world, summarised in my book Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science (1994).
One of the seven experiments concerned unexplained abilities of animals, and I published a series of papers on the unexplained powers of animals, (see papers below). I summarised much of this research in my book Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home, And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals. A fully revised and updated edition of this book was published in the US in 2011 (Three Rivers Press, New York). You can see a video of an experiment with Jaytee, a dog who knew when his owner was coming home.
My research with Aimée Morgana into the telepathic powers of her African Grey Parrot, Nkisi, led to the celebrated debate at the London RSA with Prof Lewis Wolpert, which is featured on this website: The Telepathy Debate. More information is available on Nkisi, including a tape of one of his conversations with Aimée in The Nkisi project .
Scientific Papers on Animal Powers
For school students aged from 10 to 18 in the UK: research pets that know when their owners are coming home.
Books on Animal Powers
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Recorded on November 4, 2017 at the Society for Psychical Research in London.

Recorded on November 4, 2017 at the Society for Psychical Research in London.

Follow Rupert along with his research assistant David Brown through the streets of Assisi, Italy and Santa Cruz, California as they attempt to figure out how animals have the ability to predict earthquakes. Learn about the current research on the subject in Japan and how interested the Unites States Geological community is interested in using animals to help predict earthquakes.
Photo: Pope, an earthquake predicting dog, by Martina Mortensen.

We need contact with animals - beginning with the ancient shamans up until today with domesticated animals like dogs and cats. Rupert explores why it may be that we need this bond and how disastrous our present situation is - where cows and pigs are herded and slaughtered by the masses for indulgent consumers on their lunch breaks to McDonald's.