animal behavior

American  

noun

1. behavior.

2. a branch of biology that deals with the behavior of animals, encompassing such fields as ethology, comparative psychology, behavioral ecology, and sociobiology.

---

Other Word Forms

• animal behaviorist noun

Example Sentences

They've inhabited urban spaces as long as there have been urban spaces, says Lucy Aplin of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Radolfzell, Germany, and the Australian National University.

From Scientific American

He graduated from Harvard with a bachelor’s degree in biology in 1956 and earned a doctorate in animal behavior from Cornell University in 1961.

From New York Times

Prof. Diana Reiss, director of the Animal Behavior and Conservation Program at Hunter College of the City University of New York, said in an email that Dr. Payne’s album “Songs of the Humpback Whale” “had a profound effect in raising global awareness and empathy for whales” and “became a national anthem for the environmental movement.”

From New York Times

Inspired, the Worsøe Havmøllers and colleagues teamed up with Troels Gregersen, an engineer at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, to see whether they could adapt the technology to work in animal trackers.

From Science Magazine

“Our brains—and those of many species—are specifically wired to want to help babies and keep them safe,” says Jennifer Verdolin, an animal behavior researcher at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

From National Geographic