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A Century of Generalization Save
This article aims to organise existing data to test the theory that, when a behavior has been established in response to a certain stimulus, novel stimuli resembling the first will usually elicit the same response.
http://cogprints.org/5279/01/ghirland...

A Reproductive Dictatorship : Naked Mole-rats Save
The eusocial naked mole-rat is the mammalian equivalent of a social insect. This article discusses how and why the dominant queen and the infertile workers cooperate for the benefit of the whole colony.
http://www.qmw.ac.uk/~ugbt991/CGFNMR.htm

About Gender: Ethology Save
An introduction to animal reproduction, maternal strategies, living in groups, dominance and male behavior. The rest of the site deals with human gender roles, variance and identity.
http://www.gender.org.uk/about/index....

Adaptation Save
Mark A McPeek outlines his research on how damselflies evade their predators, in particular the trade off they make between foraging rate and predation risk.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~mcpeek/adap...

Alina Simona Rusu Save
Researcher whose publications include coping strategies in mice, chemical communication in mammals and cognitive ethology.
http://www.geocities.com/a_s_rusu/

Alpha Status, Dominance, and Division of Labor in Wolf Packs Save
Describes the wolf-pack social order as it occurs in nature, discusses the alpha concept and social dominance and submission, and presents data on the precise relationships among members in free-living packs.
http://www.scallywags1.freeserve.co.u...

Animal Behavior Save
A free online textbook from Wikibooks.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Animal_B...

Animal Behavior Lab Save
Overview of current research at Macquarie University, Australia, with detailed material on each project.
http://galliform.bhs.mq.edu.au/

Animal Behavior and Sociobiology Save
Lecture on sociobiological behavior based on experimental animal observation from McMaster University, Canada.
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/psycho...

Animal Behavior, Behavioral Ecology and Arachnology Save
Dr George Uetz at the University of Illinois is leading research into colonial web-building spiders, communication in wolf spiders and other aspects of arachnid behavior.
http://www.biology.uc.edu/faculty/uet...

Animal Behavior/Sensory Biology - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks Save
Article from Wikibooks explaining that, by learning how the senses gather information, a better understanding of behavior is gained.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Animal_B...

Animal Behaviour Save
Daniel Mills and Gill Sheppard describe an evolutionary approach to the analysis, assessment and treatment of behavior problems.
http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/dbs/abc/dm_b...

Animal Behaviour Save
Birmingham University’s introduction to animal behavior for biology students. Covers a wide range of topics with references for further study and a quiz to test understanding.
http://www.animalbehaviour.org

Animal Behaviour Research Unit Save
Established in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, ABRU undertakes long term research into yellow baboons and now also studies the African Elephant.
http://web.anglia.ac.uk/appsci/lifesc...

Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science Research Group. Save
The University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada examines how an understanding of the behavior of domesticated animals and poultry can contribute to their welfare.
http://www.uoguelph.ca/abw/

Animal Cognition Save
Researchers at Edinburgh University are using both evolutionary and behavioral approaches to try to understand the factors that shape animal cognitive abilities.
http://cognition.icapb.ed.ac.uk

Animal Cognition Network Save
Provides links to current scientific literature in the field of animal cognition. Includes journal articles, reviews, books and relevant websites.
http://www.animalcognition.net

Animal Communication Project Save
Dedicated to the science of communication between animals. Covers many branches of the animal kingdom with links to both past and present research projects.
http://acp.eugraph.com

Animal Navigation Group Save
Provides an e-mail animal forum and disseminates news on animal navigation, orientation and migration through its newsletter and conferences.
http://www.rin.org.uk/bfora/systems/x...

Antipredator Adaptations: Crypsis Save
Notes, with photographs, on the four cryptic strategies employed by animals to blend in with their background and avoid detection.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~croman/c...

Archives of Ethology Save
Archives of an inactive internet discussion group on animal behavior that span an eight year period.
http://segate.sunet.se/archives/ethol...

Article: Bee Behavior Save
By studying bees as individuals and as a colony, Stephen Taber researches how their behavior may be changed to our benefit. The site also provides a sourcebook for beekeeping.
http://www.beesource.com/pov/usda/bee...

Avian Visual Cognition Save
This multimedia cyberbook provides a comprehensive survey of this area of comparative research with chapters by top international scientists.
http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/avc/t...

Baboon Communication Save
Baboons have voice and communication but not the "theory of mind" to understand how their communications will affect others.
http://www.apa.org/releases/babooncal...

Baboon and Impala Together Save
Discusses how baboons and impala interact. Offers scientific observations and images.
http://home.comcast.net/~tom-day/babi...

Bear Center Conducts Hibernation Study Save
Article by Lynne L Rogers who has studied black bear behavior and ecology in northeastern Minnesota since 1969.
http://www.bear.org/Black/BlackBearRe...

Bee Behavior Save
A project studying the behavior of bees as individuals and as a colony, including a live feed from a hive.
http://www.beebehavior.com/

Behavioral Ecology Research Group Save
Research on the evolution of social systems and social learning at the University of Queensland, Australia.
http://www.uq.edu.au/berg/

Behaviour: A Journey to the Bottom of the World Save
Penguins can demonstrate complex behavioral patterns including general, aggressive and sexual behaviors.
http://www.tuxxie.org//ethology/_._.html

Behavioural and Cognitive Influences of Kairomones on an Araneophagic Jumping Spider Save
Jackson, Clark and Harland researched the factors influencing the predatory habits of the jumping spider, Portia fimbriata, which eats other spiders.
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/Paper...

Bird Behavior Save
Bird Behavior is an international and interdisciplinary journal that publishes research on avian behavior, including the areas of ethology, behavioral ecology, comparative psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.
http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~millerd/bbf...

Braun Lab of Hydroacoustic Research and Discovery Save
Current research at Hunter College, New York, concentrates on the multiple sensory systems that fish use to detect moving and sound-producing objects, including the gymnotiform fishes that use electricity to communicate.
http://urban.hunter.cuny.edu/~cbraun/...

Brood Parasitism Save
This essay describes the behavior of birds that lay their eggs in the nest of another species, with links to other essays covering similar topics.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfor...

Causes and Consequences of a Lack of Coevolution in Mullerian Mimicry Save
Article by James Mallet in which he discusses whether the unpalatable species that copy one another for their mutual benefit evolved together.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/pap/m...

Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Save
Information from Indiana University's program on animal behavior.
http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/

Centre for Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour Save
Research into brain function and behavior, communication and higher cognition in animals as undertaken at the University of New England, Australia.
http://www.une.edu.au/cnab/

Chelonian Research Foundation Save
This foundation supports worldwide turtle and tortoise research and produces a journal – Chelian Conservation and Biology.
http://www.chelonian.org/

Chimpanzee Cultures Save
A searchable database of chimpanzee cultural behaviors.
http://culture.st-and.ac.uk/chimp/

Cognitive Architecture of a Mini-brain: The Honeybee Save
Article by Randolf Menzel and Martin Giurfa examining the extent to which adaptive behaviour in honeybees exceeds elementary forms of learning, and identifying the neural mechanisms involved.
http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/ppig/readi...

Cognitive Ecology: A Field of Substance? Save
Article arguing that a greater insight into behaviors such as animal orientation, song learning, mate choice and foraging is achieved by tackling the subject from more than one starting point.
http://cognition.icapb.ed.ac.uk/resou...

Cognitive Ethology and the Explanation of Nonhuman Animal Behavior Save
In this paper, Marc Bekoff attempts to demonstrate the importance of cognitive ethological investigations for advancing the understanding of animal cognition.
http://cogprints.org/157/00/199709002...

Compass Education and Training Save
Offers home study courses in animal behavior at intermediate and advanced level, and equine, feline, canine, reptile and parrot behavior and psychology studies.
http://www.neotericdesign.co.uk/compa...

Consciousness in Animals and People with Autism Save
Temple Grandin discusses his views on animal consciousness, using comparisons from his experience with autism, citing scientific evidence on other neurological disorders which affect consciousness.
http://grandin.com/references/animal....

Cooperative Breeding Save
Communal breeding occurs when more than two birds of the same species provide care in rearing the young from one nest.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfor...

Cooperative Breeding in Birds: a Comparative Test of the Life History Hypothesis Save
Kathryn Arnold and Ian Owens test the hypothesis that cooperative breeding tends to occur in species with low annual mortality because this leads to overcrowded populations.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/ibls/DEEB/ka/abs...

Cophylogeny between Pocket Gophers and Chewing Lice Save
Article discussing the symbiotic association between gophers and chewing lice, creatures whose life histories are conducive to parallel speciation.
http://taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk/~rd...

Cospeciation and Rates of Evolution in Lice and Birds: a Molecular Approach Save
How old is the association between a given parasite and its host? Rod Page at the University of Glasgow tries to answer this question.
http://taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk/Job...

Deep-sea Octocorals as Homes for Other Species Save
Researchers at the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, examine the commensal relationships of octocorals with brittle stars and marine scale worms.
http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/exp...

Describing Social Insect Behaviour Using Process Algebra Save
Chris Tofts at University College Swansea, Wales, presents robust algorithms that describe three different ant behaviours: synchrony, task allocation and sorting
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Chris_...

Dolphin Institute Save
Dedicated to conservation of and education about dolphins and whales. Research projects include dolphin echolocation.
http://www.dolphin-institute.org/

Dominance in Crayfish. Save
Article from the Journal of Neuroscience on patterns of behavior, including the activation of neural circuits, during the formation of a dominance hierarchy in crayfish.
http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/...

Dominance in Domestic Hen Triads Save
The role of individual differences and patterns of resolution in the formation of dominance orders in domestic hen triads.
http://cogprints.org/1960/

EcoBirds: Anting Save
Article discussing the strange behavior adopted by some birds in using ants in preening or in some instances, lying down among ants.
http://birds.ecoport.org/Behaviour/EB...

Ecology and Conservation of Bats Save
Various studies on bats in Scotland undertaken at Aberdeen University.
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~nhy031/content...

Elephant Corner: Mentality, Cognition and Behavior of Elephants Save
Moti Nissani details his research into elephant behavior, cognition and senses, with sounds and video clips.
http://www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/Elep...

Encyclopedia of Psychology - Animal Behavior Save
Annotated links to resources on animal behavior and instincts.
http://www.psychology.org/links/Envir...

Essay: A Baboon’s Life Save
An essay written by Robert Sapolsky in 1996 on violence between male baboons, aging and friendship.
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/sta...

Ethology Save
Tables of contents, contacts and subscription information from this journal by Blackwell Publishing.
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/jo...

Fauna Communications Research Save
Institute that researches bioacoustics and animal communication, especially of endangered species.
http://animalvoice.com/

Feral Cats Save
Information on a study of feral cats in Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, United Kingdom, conducted by Jane Dards in the 1970s.
http://members.aol.com/catsferal/

Figs and Fig wasps Save
An example of mutualism, fig wasps only live for a few days but manage to perform their amazing task of finding and pollinating the flowers that are hidden deep inside the fig.
http://www.figweb.org/

Fish Behaviour Save
Research at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, aims to study aggressive behavior in fish and relate this to the aggressor’s position in the group hierarchy. Includes video clips.
http://vcs.abdn.ac.uk/BIO_SOIL/trout/...

Group Predation of Lions Save
An investigation into the visual cues required to coordinate the complex cooperative behavior involved in hunting.
http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~amb/papers/...

Historical Information about Animal Cognition Save
A brief survey of important scientists in the history of the study of animal behavior.
http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych...

Honey Bee Research at the University of Illinois Save
Research in Gene E. Robinson's lab that studies the mechanisms of social behavior in honey bees.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/robinson/

How Locusts Decide it is Time to Swarm Save
Article from the New Scientist discussing the factors that turn a relatively harmless cloud of insects into a devastating plague.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/d...

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery: Animal Architecture Save
Dr Michael Hansell has built up an extensive collection of animal artefacts, mainly bird and insect nests but also other fascinating items.
http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/collec...

Journal of Insect Behavior Save
With six editions a year, this journal covers a wide range of behavioral research.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1...

Kohler’s Research on the Mentality of Apes Save
Excerpt from a book by Gould and Gould discussing the tests that Kohler set the chimpanzees he was marooned with during the First World War.
http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych...

Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology Save
Austrian organization that investigates major unsolved problems in behavioral and evolutionary ecology.
http://www.oeaw.ac.at/klivv

Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Rikkyo University Save
Current research includes the ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior, avian behavioral ecology, and what behaviors help an animal to adapt to its environment.
http://www.rikkyo.ne.jp/grp/animal-ec...

Mammal Research at JCU Save
Researchers at James Cook University are studying the life histories of several endangered Australian marsupials.
http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/zo...

Mammalian Hibernation Save
Article by Ken Muldrew on mammalian hibernation, sleep and torpor.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kmuldrew/cryo...

Movie Archives of Animal Behavior Save
An online animal behavior video database available in various formats. Most clips filmed in Japan.
http://www.momo-p.com/index-e.html

Multiple Sexual Ornaments in Satin Bowerbirds Save
Article by Stephanie Doucet and Robert Montgomerie on their research into the interrelationship between bower features, plumage coloration, and indicators of male quality in this species.
http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/...

NPR: Animal Thought and Communication Save
Ira Flatow and guests look at thought and communication in apes, gorillas and monkeys [Real Audio broadcast].
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...

Nature-Wildlife Save
Besides photographing African wildlife, Spook Skelton provides notes on African mammals and their behaviour, gleaned from reading and direct observation.
http://www.nature-wildlife.com/

Nests and Incubation Save
Notes on the building of bird nests and the incubation of eggs.
http://www.uttyler.edu/biology/5340/N...

Oklahoma University Behavioral Neuroscience Save
Research in the OU Zoology Department addresses major biological questions through studies of molecules, cells, organisms, and ecosystems to uncover mechanisms of physiology, development, behavior, and evolution.
http://www.ou.edu/oubns/

Ontologies for Ethology Save
Peter E. Midford's research in coding animal behavior descriptions, particularly ethograms using ontology.
http://www.mesquiteproject.org/ontology/

Overview of Our Research on the Variable Field Cricket Save
At the Wagner Laboratory at the University of Nebraska, research is being undertaken on the evolution of male singing behavior and female song preferences in the variable field cricket
http://cricket.unl.edu/research.html

Partnership in Birds Save
Article discussing monogamous birds and those that change partner, and why such divorces occur.
http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/beha...

Pelican Lagoon Research Centre Save
This centre in Australia provides habitats for long term field studies, especially on monotremes, free from the impact of introduced species.
http://www.echidna.edu.au

Phenology Save
Animal activity and growth responses to seasonal climatic changes. Discussion of phenology data on animal cycles of life.
http://sws-wis.com/lifecycles/

Play Signals as Punctuation: The Structure of Social Play in Canids Save
Paper by Marc Bekoff discussing the use by animals of specific signals primarily to initiate or maintain social play.
http://cogprints.org/158/00/199709003...

Processing Towards Life Save
L Charles Birch discusses self-organisation as exampled by termites, ants and slime moulds, where patterns of behavior are determined, not by some centralised authority, but by local interactions about decentralised components
http://www.religion-online.org/showar...

Reading: Manning and Dawkins, Animal Behavior Save
Notes on Chapters 2 to 7 of this book covering aspects of communication, learning, memory, evolution and social organisation.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/way...

ReefQuest Save
A comprehensive source of information on the biology of sharks and rays including behavioral studies.
http://www.elasmo-research.org/site_m...

Research Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology (BPERC) Save
BPERC aims to investigate behavioral and physiological adaptations of native Australian mammals and birds living in various habitats and the impact of environmental change on them.
http://www.une.edu.au/zoology/bperc.php

Research Projects in the Mammal Research Unit Save
Details of the current research projects being undertaken at the Mammal Research Unit at Bristol University, England.
http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/ma...

Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne Save
Affiliated with the University of Basel, Switzerland. Focuses on the behavioral ecology of passerines.
http://www.camargue.unibas.ch

Robot Modelling of Insect Proto-Cognition Save
D J Smith’s thesis concerns a bio-robotic investigation of the elementary forms of cognition that might be present in small brains, specifically insect brains.
http://www.ipab.informatics.ed.ac.uk/...

Sexual Selection in Bowerbirds Save
Research at the Borgia Lab concentrates on understanding the evolution of the complex sexual male displays in the Satin Bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus.
http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/borgi...

Slagsvold Group Save
A research group at the University of Oslo, Norway. Primary focus is on the study of sexual imprinting in small passerines.
http://folk.uio.no/larsejo/tits/index...

Social Behaviour of African Wild Dogs Save
Katherine Green at the University of Sheffield, England, examines how the social behavior of the African wild dog is contributing to its high risk of extinction.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/aps/mbiolsci/gr...

Tamás Székely Save
Researcher at Bath University, England aiming to understand how animals solve the challenges imposed by their environment, mainly using bird populations
http://www.bath.ac.uk/bio-sci/szekely...

The Arts of Deception - Mimicry and Camouflage Save
Article by Rhett Butler on camouflage as used by animals and the three forms of mimicry utilized by both predator and prey.
http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0306.htm

The Centre for Avian Cognition Save
Research at the University of Nebraska covering a broad range of behavioral and cognitive studies on birds, each combining psychological and biological perspectives.
http://bsweb.unl.edu/avcog

The Dwarf Mongoose: Social Cooperation Save
Article discussing the benefit for dwarf mongooses of living in a cohesive group. Also describes their symbiotic cooperation with hornbills in Kenya.
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/ve...

The European Union for Bird Ringing Save
EURING coordinates bird ringing throughout Europe and promotes research needed to inform the conservation and scientific understanding of wild birds.
http://www.euring.org

The Evolution of Imperfect Mimicry in Hoverflies Save
Article by Francis Gilbert describing Batesian mimicry and discussing the extent to which hoverflies succeed in mimicing bees, wasps and bumblebees.
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/archi...

The Gordon Lab Save
A long-term study of ant colony behavior, organization and ecology undertaken by Deborah Gordon and her colleagues at Stanford University.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dmgordon

The Nest Building Behaviour of Higher Apes Save
Noel Egenter outlines his research into the ability of apes to weave branches into a stable construction and whether this requires a definite learning process.
http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/081...

The Peripheral Auditory Characteristics of Noctuid Moths Save
Research by Dean Waters into the auditory systems sensitive to ultrasound possessed by these moths and their ability to recognise and respond to the echolocation sounds emitted by bats.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint...

The Pherobase Save
A searchable database of insect pheromones and semiochemicals, now covering over 7000 species of insect.
http://www.pherobase.com

The Ryan Lab Save
Situated at the University of Texas, this lab is addressing questions concerning the evolution and function of animal behavior. Most of the work centers on frogs and fish.
http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/ryan/

Theory of Mind in Nonhuman Primates Save
C M Heyes revisits the question asked by Premack and Woodruff, "Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind?" This question dominates the study of both social behavior in nonhuman primates and cognitive development in children.
http://www.bbsonline.org/documents/a/...

Torpor in Hummingbirds Save
Article by Devorah Bennu on the strategy used by hummingbirds to conserve energy in order to survive long cold nights.
http://research.amnh.org/users/nyneve...

Trade-offs Between Extraterritorial Prospecting and Helping in a Cooperative Mammal Save
Researchers at Cambridge University investigated whether male meerkats trade off their cooperative contributions to pup feeding against searching for mating and dispersal opportunities.
http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/ajy20/Tra...

Universal Parasitism and the Co-evolution of Extended Phenotypes Save
Article by Richard Dawkins argues that we should ask “Which animal is benefiting from this behavior?” rather than asking “In what way is this animal benefiting from this behavior?” Parasites are used to illustrate this thesis.
http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/W...

University of Los Andes Frog Research Save
Group working on frog behavior and ecophysiology at Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.
http://gecoh.uniandes.edu.co

Untangling the Tangle-Web: Web Construction Behavior of the Comb-Footed Spider Save
Suresh Benjamin and Samuel Zschokke observed the behavior involved in the construction of a three dimensional, irregular web.
http://nature.berkeley.edu/evolab/sur...

Variation in Lekking Costs in Blackbuck Save
Researchers at the Wildlife Institute of India examine the hypothesis that among lekking males of the species Antilope cervicapra, variations in lekking costs is related to differences in mating benefits.
http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/ks410/Isv...

Warning Colour and Mimicry Save
Mimicry is a great example of evolution by natural selection. Outline of a lecture on the subject from the Evolutionary Genetics course at University College, London.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbhdjm/courses...

Web Building Behaviour in Araneus diadematus Save
Thomas Hasselberg’s thesis examines web building behavior in this spider, and the effects of temperature and neurotoxins on the geometry of the web and the catching of prey.
http://people.bath.ac.uk/enpth/Docume...

Whiting Lab Save
Research conducted at Wits University in South Africa that focuses on the behavior and evolutionary ecology of lizards and cichlids.
http://www.wits.ac.za/Science/APES/mw...

Wolf Behavior Save
Dedicated to the general public education of the behavioral habits of the wolf. Includes data on reproduction and diet.
http://www.freewebs.com/alphawolfsabr...

Wolf and Wildlife Studies Save
Discusses ongoing field research concerning the behavioral habits of the Fishtrap wolf pack in northwest Montana.
http://www.wolfandwildlifestudies.com