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
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
Other Minds
Man Meets Dog (Routledge Classics)
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior (A Harvest Book)
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
Reef Fishes by Scott W. MichaelDiamond Dust (Poems From the Black Sea) Volume I by Anca IoviţăScuba Matt's Underwater Adventure by Echo MorganReef Aquarium Fishes by Scott W. MichaelDiamond Dust (Poems From the Black Sea) Volume II by Anca Ioviţă
Reef Aquarium Books
23 books — 3 voters

Monarchs and Milkweed by Anurag AgrawalWild Migrations by Matthew J. KauffmanThe Homing Instinct by Bernd HeinrichFour Wings and a Prayer by Sue HalpernA World on the Wing by Scott Weidensaul
Animal Migration
35 books — 7 voters
The White Panther by Theodore J. WaldeckJaguar by Alan RabinowitzJaguar's Shadow by Richard MahlerThe Jaguar Princess by Clare BellThe Tribe of Tiger by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Books about Jaguars (Cats)
19 books — 14 voters


Assertive behaviors are often associated with "dominant" dogs but are, in fact, often used by dogs who are extremely insecure or under-socialized. ...more
Brenda Aloff, Aggression in Dogs: Practical Management, Prevention and Behavior Modification

Richard Dawkins
Некоторые критики ошибочно считают, что «Эгоистичный ген» проповедует эгоизм как нравственный принцип, которого мы должны придерживаться в жизни! Другие (возможно, потому, что они прочитали только заглавие книги или не пошли дальше первых двух страниц) полагают, что по моему мнению эгоизм и другие скверные черты характера составляют неотъемлемую часть человеческой природы, нравится нам это или нет. В эту ошибку легко впасть, если вы считаете, как, по-видимому, полагают непостижимым образом многи ...more
Richard Dawkins, Эгоистичный ген

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Books by animals, about animals, for animals
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