When published in 1980, Benjamin B. Beck's Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to
catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human …

Chemical defenses are widespread among animals, and the compounds involved may be
either synthesized from nontoxic precursors or sequestered from an environmental source …

Only seven types of mammals are known to be venomous, including slow lorises
(Nycticebus spp.). Despite the evolutionary significance of this unique adaptation amongst …

Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction/SJ Reynolds & DC Deeming--The fossil
record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation/DC Deeming--Nest construction …

Many animals decorate themselves through the accumulation of environmental material on
their exterior. Decoration has been studied across a range of different taxa, but there are …

The frequency of anointing bouts and the materials used for self‐and social anointing vary
across capuchin species in captivity, but there is little published data on capuchin anointing …

Mammals possess a wide range of behavioral and morphological adaptations to help detect,
assess, deter, and escape from predators, including weaponry that is useful in antipredator …

Otospermophilus beecheyi, the California ground squirrel (formerly, Beechey ground
squirrel), is dorsally brown with silver spotting. This facultatively social and ecologically …

Venom delivery systems (VDS) are common in the animal kingdom, but rare amongst
mammals. New definitions of venom allow us to reconsider its diversity amongst mammals …

Geometrically arranged spots and crosshatched incised lines are frequently portrayed in
prehistoric cave and mobiliary art. Two experiments examined the saliency of snake scales …