Ethology

Ethology is the scientific and objective study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
King Solomon's Ring
On Aggression
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter
The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
Other Minds
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior (A Harvest Book)
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
The Genius of Birds
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Black Stallion by Walter FarleyBambi by Felix SaltenBlack Beauty by Anna SewellMisty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Books about Hoofed Animals
337 books — 27 voters
The Blood Jaguar by Michael H. PayneTrooper by Forrest Bryant JohnsonChia, the Wildcat by Joyce StrangerIn Search of the Scottish Wildcat by Morris AllanBobcat by Kevin  Hansen
Books about Small Wild Cats
41 books — 11 voters

Monarchs and Milkweed by Anurag AgrawalWild Migrations by Matthew J. KauffmanThe Homing Instinct by Bernd HeinrichFour Wings and a Prayer by Sue HalpernA World on the Wing by Scott Weidensaul
Animal Migration
35 books — 7 voters

What we are mistaking for a voluntary attraction of animals to humans can be explained by the “imprint phenomenon.” This biological process, first described by Konrad Lorenz, is responsible for the fact that animals, including humans, learn species-specific information, behaviours, and skills at specific points in their development. Imprinting is how animals learn early to attach to their mothers and identify with members of their own species. It is the mechanism that allows us to domesticate an ...more
Charles Danten, Un vétérinaire en colère - Essai sur la condition animale

Robert Wright
Альтруизм, сострадание, сочувствие, любовь, совесть, чувство справедливости — всё это скрепляет общество, и даёт людям основания для высокой самооценки. И всё это, как теперь можно уверенно полагать, имеет твёрдый генетический базис. Это хорошие новости. Плохие новости в том, что хотя эти качества в каком-то роде и осчастливливают человечество в целом, но они не сделали человека «хорошим» видом и не слишком надёжно служат людям до конца. Скорее наоборот, и теперь это яснее, чем когда-либо, как ( ...more
Robert Wright, Моральное животное

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Books by animals, about animals, for animals
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