A new look at animal social networks is revealing surprising patterns no one expected

Animals rarely live alone; social structures are vital for survival, influencing feeding, predator avoidance, and reproduction. From fluid fission-fusion societies like elephants and dolphins to rigid ...
Psychology Today

Social Work Stresses Companionship in the Human-Animal Bond

Source: MART PRODUCTION, Pexels, free download. I've always been very interested in how what we know about human-nonhuman relationships, often cashed out as the human-animal bond, can have practical ...
Forbes

Sunday Is National Puppy Day — Time To Throw A Pooch Party

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jen Reeder is an award-winning journalist who specializes in pets. Puppy socialization exposes puppies to new people, animals, ...
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Social factors may determine how human-like we think animals are

From depressed polar bears to charismatic pandas, conservationists have used anthropomorphism, or the practice of attributing human qualities to non-human subjects, to garner public support for ...
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Roots of behavior; genetics, instinct, and socialization in animal behavior, by thirty-one authors

Individual differences in behavior and their genetic basis / Jerry Hirsch -- Neurological aspects of insect behavior / V.G. Dethier -- Behavior and genetics / William C. Dilger -- Dominance and ...