Ethology

The study of animal behavior in natural settings and evolutionary context.

Articles with this tag: 5 Updated: August 23, 2026

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Amotz Zahavi: Israeli evolutionary biologist and originator of the handicap principle Amotz Zahavi Israeli evolutionary biologist Amotz Zahavi (1928–2017) proposed the handicap principle to explain honest biological signalling; he taught at Tel Aviv University and co-founded the…

Anna-Rose Levinson (1939–2015) Anna Levinson German zoologist and entomologist who worked at Max Planck Institutes on animal behavior and related research; born in Tel Aviv, graduated 1966, active in Germany from 1971.

C. Lloyd Morgan (Conwy Lloyd Morgan) — British ethologist and psychologist C. Lloyd Morgan British psychologist and ethologist (1852–1936) known for 'Morgan's canon', a principle of parsimony in animal psychology that influenced behaviorism and modern comparative cogniti…

Cephalopod (Cephalopoda): biology, evolution, behavior and human uses

Cephalopod (Cephalopoda): biology, evolution, behavior and human uses Cephalopod Cephalopods are a diverse class of marine molluscs—octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus—known for intelligence, camouflage, jet propulsion and a rich fossil record including amm…

Collective animal behaviour: principles, examples and significance Collective animal behaviour Study of how and why animals act together in groups, the rules individuals follow, emergent patterns, history of research, ecological importance and applications in science and tec…