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Animal Behavior

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Animal behavior

Alcock, J. Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach. Sinauer, 1997. Classic text covering the principles of animal behavior.

Benyus, Janine M. The Secret Language and Remarkable Behavior of Animals. Black Dog & Leventhal, 1998. Accessible, clearly written meditation by zookeeper Benyus on the behavior and communication traits of species she has observed firsthand.

Dugatkin, Lee. Cheating Monkeys and Citizen Bees. Simon & Schuster, Harvard University Press, 1999. 2000. An evolutionary biologist on cooperation among animals.

Gould, James L., and Carol Grant Gould. The Animal Mind. Freeman, 1994, 1999. How animals respond to their environment.

Yoerg, Sonja I. Clever as a Fox: Animal Intelligence and What It Can Teach Us About Ourselves. Bloomsbury, 2001. An ethologist's lively insights into animal intelligence, with plenty of examples and personal anecdotes.

For younger readers

Arnosky, Jim. Nearer Nature: The Secrets of a Wildlife Watcher. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1996. Journal notes from a nature lover; for middle school readers.

Brimner, Larry D. Unusual Friendships: Symbiosis in the Animal World. Franklin Watts, 1993. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

Cherfas, Jeremy. Animal Societies. Lerner, 1991. How animals behave in groups; for readers in grades 4 to 6.

Facklam, Margery. Do Not Disturb: The Mysteries of Animal Hibernation and Sleep. Little, Brown, 1997. For readers in grades 3 to 6.

Johnson, Rebecca L. The Secret Language: Pheromones in the Animal World. Lerner, 1989. For readers in grades 5 and up.

Kohl, Judith, and Herbert Kohl. Pack, Band, and Colony: The World of Social Animals. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983. How animals live together; for middle school readers.

Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Alex and Friends: Animal Talk, Animal Thinking. Lerner, 1998. For middle school readers.

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