Nikolaas Tinbergen

Discovery Science: Ethology – What is Behavior?

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Earth Science: Biology – Ethology Behavioral science is a branch of biology that studies the behavior of living organisms. Such behavior may include body posture, vocal sounds, changes in color, and the release of scent pheromones. Complex behavioral patterns can often be divided into macro (e.g., reproduction) and micro (e.g., courtship displays) behavioral categories. Earth … Read more

Discovery Science: Biology – Ethology

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Earth Science: Biology – Ethology Ethology is the study of animal or human behavior. A relatively new branch of biology, the field of ethology first had to concern itself with developing methods to attain objective and reproducible results. The foremost questions for ethologists today include determining which forms of behavior are genetically determined, or inborn, … Read more