Explore: Animals Behavior

feelings of animals, and the notion that non-human animals experience emotions similar to humans is a contentious subject. A 2006 Danish Animal Ethics Council

List of abnormal behaviours in animals Tool use by non-human animals Scott, Graham (2007). Essential animal behavior (Nachdr. ed.). Malden, Mass.: Blackwell

animal pairs. Various forms of this are found among a variety of vertebrate and arthropod taxonomic classes. The sexual behavior of non-human animals

Mobbing in animals is an anti-predator adaptation in which individuals of prey species cooperatively attack or harass a predator, usually to protect their

sexual behavior in animals, recent observations on animal behavior have given alternative reasons for the engagement in sexual activities by animals. Animals

For these animals, there is documented evidence of homosexual behavior of one or more of the following kinds: sex, courtship, affection, pair bonding,

Hoarding or caching in animal behavior is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both conspecifics (animals of the same or closely

Animal psychopathology is the study of mental or behavioral disorders in non-human animals. Historically, there has been an anthropocentric tendency to

that an animal consistently defends against conspecific competition (or, occasionally, against animals of other species) using agonistic behaviors or (less

study animal religious practices and behaviors. Ritual behaviors are most commonly studied in chimpanzees, elephants, and dolphins, but such behaviors have