behaviour

Which places keep large herds of large deer and during the rutting season one can watch bulls fighting? Deer are very common in European zoos, and autumn rut of wild red deer is a known nature sight. However, zoos usually keep only one male with a harem of females. Bulls roar but cannot fight...

Two articles - a popular and science - that pet parrots learned and enjoyed videochat with others. Parrots understood what they are seeing and doing - had favorite buddies, played, called and slept in unison, etc. It stuck me as an opportunity for zoos to use videochat for diverse animals and...

Chances are, you’re aware that the wildlife of the world isn’t doing too great. The climate is changing, the forests are falling, and the reefs are bleaching. Habitats are fragmented, separated and shrinking in size, and conservation efforts are wide-ranging but with little apparent success. One...

Hi everyone, I'm in 2nd year at uni and I need to propose an idea for my 3rd year project which will serve as 1 of 2 dissertations I have to write. I'm very interested in otters and their behaviours, and I have a conservation park nearby that is home to 2 Eurasian Otters. Ideally it would be...

Leptailurus serval

Leptailurus serval

hello i'm currently studying Animal studies in university, i need help with my poster, i have searched the internet for relevant articles, journals and PDFs about the Asian elephants behaviour in the wild and i dont seem to be getting anywhere with it. could somebody point me in the right...

i am currently studying animal studies in university at a foundation degree. i need help on identifying 10 common behaviours of the Asian elephant that i would likely see in a zoo, this is to help me research them to produce an ethogram..... could anybody help me

Hello Everyone, I am new to this forum, so I apologize if I am doing this wrong. I was at the zoo on Saturday and while visiting seen that the Hyena's were what looked like playing/mating, but I read in a different thread that the Hyena's at the Toronto Zoo are not mating? The behaviour I...

Hello, I am currently studying a degree in Animal Management and my chosen topic for my dissertation is the study of the different behaviour of wild and captive elephants. I would greatly appreciate any examples or happenings they may know of and specific stereotypical or abnormal...

Hello, I am currently studying a degree in Animal Management and my chosen topic for my dissertation is the study of the how the enclosures of captive elephants impact on their behaviour. I would greatly appreciate any examples or happenings they may know of and specific stereotypical or...