Animal Behaviour

A new way to look at the mysteries of the animal mind What is animal intelligence? In what ways is it similar to human intelligence? Many behaviora...

In this first comprehensive synthesis of the literature on food hoarding in animals, Stephen B. Vander Wall discusses how animals store food, how t...

Based on three years of study in the Serengeti National Park, George B. Schaller's "The Serengeti Lion" describes the vast impact of the lion and o...

Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most current information on primate socioecology and its theoretical and empirical significance, spanning t...

Long-lived, slow to reproduce, and often hidden beneath the water's surface, whales and dolphins (cetaceans) have remained elusive subjects for sci...

John L. Hoogland draws on 16 years of research at Wind Cave Na tional Park, South Dakota, in the United States, to provide this account of prairie ...

Walk near woods or water on any spring or summer night and you will hear a bewildering (and sometimes deafening) chorus of frog, toad, and insect c...

Plants face a daunting array of creatures which eat them, bore into them and use virtually every plant part for food or shelter. However, plants ar...

Darwin's work of 1872 still provides the point of departure for research in the theory of emotion and expression. Although he lacked the modern res...

This text provides a comprehensive account of carnivore social behaviour. Synthesizing more than a decade of research in the wild, it offers a deta...

Walk near woods or water on any spring or summer night and you will hear a bewildering (and sometimes deafening) chorus of frog, toad, and insect c...

This text takes the reader on a guided tour of scientific research concerning animal mentality. Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are t...

Getting from here to there may be simple for one individual. But as any parent, scout leader, or CEO knows, herding a whole troop in one direction ...

In these autobiographical essays by pioneers in the field of animal behavior, the authors discuss childhood, education, moments of discovery, and t...

This text examines the theory and methods of quantitative genetics and presents case studies that illustrate the many ways in which the methods can...

This text presents the results of a research project carried out on foraging behaviour among African baboons and its consequences for survival and ...

This text provides a comprehensive account of carnivore social behaviour. Synthesizing more than a decade of research in the wild, it offers a deta...

When it was originally released in 1980, Jeanne Altmann's book transformed the study of maternal primate relationships by focusing on motherhood an...

This text presents the results of a research project carried out on foraging behaviour among African baboons and its consequences for survival and ...

'Heady, exhilarating, often astonishing' New York Times 'Iridescently original, deeply disorientating and yet somehow radically hopeful ... worth ...

A home aquarium seems a peaceful place. Gazing at its inhabitants as they swim slowly through their small universe is a soothing, even hypnotic, ex...

A home aquarium seems a peaceful place. Gazing at its inhabitants as they swim slowly through their small universe is a soothing, even hypnotic, ex...

Not since F. R. Harden Jones published his masterwork on fish migration in 1968 has a book so thoroughly demystified the subject. With stunning cla...

The leading text in the field shows how researchers use scientific logic to study the underlying mechanisms and evolutionary bases of behavior, wit...

CHOICE 'Highly Recommended for all readers' June 2021 Vol. 58 No. 10This stunningly illustrated book goes far beyond a run-of-the-mill nature guide...

Investigating a whole host of species from around the globe, the first short and affordable introduction to this growing field of study “Byers u...

While philosophers have been interested in animals since ancient times, in the last few decades the subject of animal minds has emerged as a major ...