Zoology
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- AnAge: Animal Ageing Database
- Curated database of ageing and life history in vertebrates, including extensive longevity records and observations.
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- Animal Diversity Web
- Online database of animal history, distribution, classification and conservation biology provided by the University of Michigan.
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- Olejar's Encyclopedia of Animals
- Includes a searchable encyclopedia of facts concerning a broad range of Animalia.
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- A Reproductive Dictatorship: Naked Mole-rats
- The eusocial naked mole-rat is the mammalian equivalent of a social insect. This article discusses how and why the dominant queen and the infertile workers cooperate for the benefit of the whole colony.
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- About Gender: Ethology
- An introduction to animal reproduction, maternal strategies, living in groups, dominance and male behavior. The rest of the site deals with human gender roles, variance and identity.
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- All About How Males Attract Female Birds
- Describes research into the extent to which female birds choose their mates according to their vocal ability.
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- Animal Behavior/Sensory Biology
- Article from Wikibooks explaining that, by learning how the senses gather information, a better understanding of behavior is gained.
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- Animal Cognition Network
- Provides links to current scientific literature in the field of animal cognition. Includes journal articles, reviews, books and relevant websites.
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- Bee Behavior
- A project studying the behavior of bees as individuals and as a colony, including a live feed from a hive.
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- Brood Parasitism
- This essay describes the behavior of birds that lay their eggs in the nest of another species, with links to other essays covering similar topics.
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- Causes and Consequences of a Lack of Coevolution in Mullerian Mimicry
- Article by James Mallet in which he discusses whether the unpalatable species that copy one another for their mutual benefit evolved together. [PDF]
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- Cognitive Architecture of a Mini-brain: The Honeybee
- Abstract of an article by Randolf Menzel and Martin Giurfa examining the extent to which adaptive behaviour in honeybees exceeds elementary forms of learning, and identifying the neural mechanisms involved. [PDF]
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- Conflict and Cooperation
- Tamas Szekely provides a really short, illustrated guide to the family life of birds. [PDF]
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- Consciousness in Animals and People with Autism
- Temple Grandin discusses his views on animal consciousness, using comparisons from his experience with autism, citing scientific evidence on other neurological disorders which affect consciousness.
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- Cooperative Breeding
- Communal breeding occurs when more than two birds of the same species provide care in rearing the young from one nest.
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- Dominance in Domestic Hen Triads
- The role of individual differences and patterns of resolution in the formation of dominance orders in domestic hen triads.
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- EcoBirds: Anting
- Article discussing the strange behavior adopted by some birds in using ants in preening or in some instances, lying down among ants.