Behavioral Articles

• Dogs
  Veterinary Medicine
  Behavioral Science
  Spiders and Ticks
  Animals
  Mammals
   
  

  Obedience training

  Obedience training involves training an animal, most often a dog, to obey basic control commands such as sit, down, and heel. There are almost as many methods of training as there are trainers, but ... > more
• Horses
  Veterinary Medicine
  Animals
  Behavioral Science
  Mammals
  Wild Animals
   

  Horse breaking

  Horse breaking (or horse starting) refers to the process used by humans to get horses to let themselves be ridden or harnessed. Before such a learning process is accomplished, a horse will normally ... > more
• Language Acquisition
  Apes
  Child Development
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Behavioral Science
   

  Great Ape language

  Research into non-human Great Ape language has generated a great deal of evidence suggesting that apes are capable of using sophisticated communication with humans and other apes. Gorillas and ... > more
• Dolphins and Whales
  Behavioral Science
  Animals
  Endangered Animals
  Mice
  Sea Life
   
  

  Cetacean intelligence

  Cetacean intelligence denotes the cognitive capabilities of the cetacean order of mammals and especially the various species of dolphin. Cetaceans include whales, porpoises, and dolphins, and while ... > more
• Horses
  Mammals
  Dogs
  Veterinary Medicine
  Animals
  Behavioral Science
   
  

  Pony

  A pony is most commonly a certain breed of small horse, generally of northern European origin, that usually measures less than 14.2 hh (hands high) at the withers. The term "pony" can be used in ... > more
• Birds
  Wild Animals
  Nature
  Zoology
  Bird Flu Research
  Mating and Breeding
   
  

  Whooping Crane

  The Whooping Craneis a very large crane. It is the tallest North American bird. Adults are white; they have a red crown and a long, dark, pointed bill. They have long dark legs which trail behind in ... > more
• Mice
  Rodents
  Genetically Modified
  Animals
  Sports Medicine
  Mammals
   
  

  House mouse

  Mus musculus is the common house mouse. This mouse is believed to be the second most populous mammalian species on Earth, after Homo sapiens. House mice almost always live in close proximity of ... > more
• Behavioral Science
  Wild Animals
  Fisheries
  Animals
  Zoology
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Cephalopod intelligence

  The cephalopod class of mollusks are considered the most intelligent invertebrates and an important example of advanced cognitive evolution amongst animals in general. The coleoidea sub-class of the ... > more
• Autism
  Neuroscience
  Social Psychology
  Brain Injury
  Monkeys
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Mirror neuron

  A mirror neuron is a neuron which fires both when an animal performs an action and when the animal observes the same action performed by another (especially conspecific) animal. Thus, the neuron ... > more
• Anger Management
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Psychology Research
   
  

  Anger

  Anger is a term for the emotional aspect of aggression, as a basic aspect of the stress response in animals in which a perceived aggravating stimulus "provokes" a counterresponse which is likewise ... > more

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