San Antonio College Library

Aims to provide a balanced, introductory treatment of the entire domain of animal behaviour. It is intended for biology and psychology students enrolled in their first course in animal behaviour, and recognizes the diversity of their backgrounds in the natural sciences and psychology.

Animal scientist Temple Grandin argues that people with autism think the way animals think and draws from her experiences with autism to discuss how animals think, act, and feel.

This is a partial human infant replication of seminal rodent work on maternal care and epigenetic with novel findings on the importance of breastfeeding.

"Animal Creativity and Innovation explores theories and research on animal innovation and creativity, comparing and contrasting it with theory and research on human creativity and innovation. In doing so, it encompasses findings from psychology, biology, neuroscience, engineering, business, ecology, and education. The book includes examples of animal innovation in parrots, dogs, marine mammals, insects, and primates, exploring parallels from creative...

"Essentials of Animal Behaviour is an introduction to the study of animal behaviour and is primarily intended for first or second year undergraduates attending short courses in the subject. The book concentrates on putting across the basic principles as briefly and lucidly as possible with the aid of carefully selected examples from both the recent and classic literature, together with numerous illustrations."--Jacket.

"For years, even scientists mistakenly believed that dogs were simply domesticated wolves. But recent discoveries have demonstrated that dogs are actually much more complex than their wild cousins--their ability to adapt to a man-made world is far more flexible, and their personalities are far more diverse. Using findings from scientific experiments by dog breeders and the domestication of foxes and wolves, Coren re-creates the story of how dogs evolved...

Is imitation really the best compliment? Dugatkin reveals that it is the most profound compliment you can give anyone - it might last for millions of years. He shows how the imitation of one individual by another, in any species, is a natural force that has enabled the growth of animal and human societies. Dugatkin also investigates the way we, and other species, select mates. Humans and animals alike do things because they see others doing them;...

"Consciousness in animals is a controversial and very recent field of study. This book braves the subject from the point of view of the scientist ready to question traditions and beliefs about the meaning of animal behaviour." "Do animals have ideas and do they think about objects that they cannot see or about situations that have occurred in the past? Do they consciously make plans for the future or do they simply react unthinkingly to objects as...