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

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
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
39 books — 8 voters

Hyena by Mikita BrottmanCrow by Boria SaxTurtle by Louise M. PrykeScorpion by Louise M. PrykeWhale by Joe   Roman
Reaktion Animal Books
104 books — 13 voters
The Blood Jaguar by Michael H. PayneTrooper by Forrest Bryant JohnsonChia, the Wildcat by Joyce StrangerIn Search of the Scottish Wildcat by Morris AllanBobcat by Kevin  Hansen
Books about Small Wild Cats
41 books — 11 voters

When a pet is adopted within its imprint period, the attachment it felt to its mother is quickly transferred to the new owner, who steps in to meet the pet’s physical and emotional demands. Herein lies the reason pets become so instantly bonded to us. The process may seem harmless on the surface, even natural, but keep in mind that the normal progression of things would have the young animal soon beginning to detach from its parent. Whereas the animal’s mother would discourage continued dependen ...more
Charles Danten, Un vétérinaire en colère - Essai sur la condition animale

Robert  Wright
Альтруизм, сострадание, сочувствие, любовь, совесть, чувство справедливости — всё это скрепляет общество, и даёт людям основания для высокой самооценки. И всё это, как теперь можно уверенно полагать, имеет твёрдый генетический базис. Это хорошие новости. Плохие новости в том, что хотя эти качества в каком-то роде и осчастливливают человечество в целом, но они не сделали человека «хорошим» видом и не слишком надёжно служат людям до конца. Скорее наоборот, и теперь это яснее, чем когда-либо, как ( ...more
Robert Wright, Моральное животное

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