Behavior is an important mechanism of evolution and it is paid for through energy
expenditure. Nevertheless, field biologists can rarely observe animals for more than a …

Radio telemetry has been widely used to study the space use and movement behaviour of
vertebrates, but transmitter sizes have only recently become small enough to allow tracking …

The word armadillo is Spanish for “little armored one.” This midsize mammal that looks like a
walking tank is a source of fascination for many people but a mystery to almost all. Dating …

Animal welfare is a key issue for industries that use or impact upon animals. The accurate
identification of welfare states is particularly relevant to the field of bioscience, where the …

How do animals use their habitat? Where do they go and what do they do? These basic
questions are key not only to understanding a species' ecology and evolution, but also for …

Observing and quantifying primate behavior in the wild is challenging. Human presence
affects primate behavior and habituation of new, especially terrestrial, individuals is a time …

In behavioral studies, observer effects can be substantial, even for habituated animals, but
few studies account for potential observer-related phenomenon empirically. We used wild …

Many studies highlight the correlation between social ties and fitness, yet often cannot
reveal how ties influence fitness. This review is aimed to facilitate the formulation and testing …

Humans and human infrastructure are known to alter the relationship between predators
and prey, typically by directly or indirectly shielding one of the species from the other. In …

Many cats that are rendered to a shelter fail to find a new home. Older and other less
desirable cats may face a significant amount of time in the shelter prior to adoption …