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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

Ethology Books

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
The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Other Minds
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
The Genius of Birds
Man Meets Dog (Routledge Classics)
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior (A Harvest Book)
When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
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Reef Fishes by Scott W. MichaelDiamond Dust (Poems From the Black Sea) Volume I by Anca IoviţăScuba Matt's Underwater Adventure by Echo MorganMarine Pollution by Judith S. WeisReef Aquarium Fishes by Scott W. Michael
Reef Aquarium Books
24 books — 4 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
40 books — 8 voters

Spotted Hyena by Hans KruukKings of the Jungle by Daniel S. William FletcherThe Bolds by Julian ClaryEmperor Mage by Tamora PierceThe hunter's reflection by Bálint Makai
Misunderstood: Hyenas
16 books — 8 voters
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe Wolverine Way by Douglas H. ChadwickTarka the Otter by Henry WilliamsonMy Otter Half by Michelle SchustermanTaggerung by Brian Jacques
Books about Weasels, Ferrets, Otters, Wolverines, and Other Mustelids
144 books — 25 voters

Rats by Robert SullivanLily Pond by Hope RydenThe Irish Wildlife Book by Fergus O'GormanPaddy by R.D. LawrenceEager by Ben Goldfarb
Natural History of Rodents
40 books — 9 voters
Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonRed by Terry Tempest WilliamsTracks by Robyn DavidsonTrack of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Deserts of the World
117 books — 22 voters

Quotes Tagged “Ethology”

Frans de Waal
“ [T]he term 'nonhuman' grates on me, since it lumps millions of species together by an absence, as if they were missing something. Poor things, they are nonhuman! When students embrace this jargon in their writing, I cannot resist sarcastic corrections in the margin saying that for completeness's sake, they should add that the animals they are talking about are also nonpenguin, nonhyena, and a whole lot more. ...more ”
― Frans de Waal, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
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Ptera Hunter
“ Grooming releases endorphins--pleasant, reinforcing chemical signals. The pleasure derived from grooming seems to outweigh the pain of the occasional bite. ”
― Ptera Hunter, The Wisdom of Loki: The Art of Lying in the Natural World
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Videos Tagged “Ethology”

Interview Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
Interview Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt

Groups Tagged "Ethology"

Books by animals, about animals, for animals
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