Across captive settings, nonhuman primates may develop an array of abnormal behaviors
including stereotypic and self‐injurious behavior. Abnormal behavior can indicate a state of …

Simple Summary Behavioral diversity is sometimes used by animal scientists to better
understand and compare how animals behave. The methods used in behavioral diversity …

Negative visitor behaviour in zoos such as banging, shouting and feeding animals are
unwanted, but under-studied, visitor actions. It is not known how prevalent negative …

The use of the scan-sampling method, especially when a large amount of data is collected,
has become widespread in behavioral studies. However, there are no specific guidelines …

In 1948, Skinner described the behavior of pigeons under response‐independent schedules
as “superstitious,” and proposed that the responses were reinforced by contiguous …

Animal behavior can provide useful information about animal welfare, but methods and tools
used to gather behavioral data and data treatment can influence the results. Therefore, this …

Simple Summary An information theory approach provides new methods for experimental
studying and analysis of animals' communication and behavioural sequences. One of the …

Social affective touch is an important aspect of close relationships in humans. It has been
also observed in many non-human primate species. Despite the high relevance of …

Simple Summary To date, few studies have examined both night-time and daytime
behaviour of lions and cheetahs in zoos. To gain a deeper understanding of behavioural …

Safety learning during threat and adversity is critical for behavioral adaptation, resiliency,
and survival. Using a novel mouse paradigm involving thermal threat, we recently …