Zoology & Animal Sciences

This book focuses exclusively on the welfare of goats, which have peculiar behavioral characteristics and needs, and distinct individual personalit...

The fundamental ecological, cultural and economic roles of insects give them central importance in functioning of terrestrial and inland water ecos...

Improving welfare in farmed animals is good for productivity, consumer demand and, of course, the animals themselves. Covering the current scientif...

This volume is an edited collection of primary sources which throw light on the interplay between zoology and visual culture in nineteenth-century ...

This diverse, global, and interdisciplinary volume explores the existing research, practice, and ethical issues pertinent to the field of human-ani...

This book addresses a global issue of increasing high quality food from ruminant animals while reducing their impacts on the environment. However, ...

This beautifully illustrated book is the first comprehensive work ever published on all four tapir species worldwide, filling a gap in the scientif...

The field of behavioural economics can tell us a great deal about cognitive bias and unconscious decision-making, challenging the orthodox economic...

A debut memoir from one of the first women in the United States to study wild wolves in their natural habitata story of passion, resilience, and de...