Comprehensively explains animal learning theories and current best practices in animal training within zoos. This accessible, up-to-date book on animal training in a zoo/aquaria context provides a ...

EVER since the original enunciation by Baldwin 1 in 1896 of the theory of ‘organic selection’, the suggestion that local differences of habit (local ‘traditions’ as Elton 2 has termed them) may be the ...

Trial and error is one of the most fundamental learning strategies employed by animals, and we’re increasingly using it to teach intelligent machines too. Boosting ...

“Constructal theory” application may aid understanding animal evolution on earth and even on other planets. A single unifying physics theory can essentially describe how animals of every ilk, from ...