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General Sites for Animal Behaviour
- CNN: The octopus: One of Earth's smartest
- Octopuses are so smart they tip-toe around awkwardly on the ocean floor hoarding coconut shells to later build themselves a fort to defend themselves from predators, a new Australian study has found.
- NOVA: Read my Lips
- Bonobos have many ways of letting other bonobos know what's on their mind. In this slide show, study a random sampling of bonobo facial expressions and gestures
- Animal Behaviour
- A site exploring aspects of the biology and behaviour of selected African mammal and bird species.
- BBC News: Songbirds sing cross-species duet
- Two different Amazonian bird species sing the same song, say scientists. Males of the two antbird species have the same call to keep other males off their patch. The researchers from Oxford University believe this is the first evidence of two separate species having the same territorial song.
- BBC Earth News: Eel reveals its migration secrets
- The first step towards finding out where the ultimate destination is for the European eel which migrates to the Sargasso Sea to spawn. In 2006, the team attached miniaturised pop-up satellite tags to 22 large adult eels which they released from the coast of Galway, western Ireland. The tags record not only the location of the eel but also the daily activity of the eel, recording speed, depth and direction.
- BBC Earth News: Amphibians mate under a full Moon
- This global phenomenon has never been noticed before, but frogs, toads and newts all like to mate by moonlight.
- CMS - Convention on Migratory Species
- Also known as the Bonn convention, CMS aims to conserve migratory species throughout their range. This site contains information relating to these goals, and news of current events.
- How Females Choose Their Mates
- An article by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Jean-Guy J. Godin. Female choice can be a complex interaction between instinct and imitation.
- Innate Behavior
- Definitions and examples of innate behaviour (taxes, reflexes and instincts).
- Migration
- The main focus of this site is on migration in the monarch butterfly but also includes bird migration and migration of the a Northern elephant seal. Easy to read and informative.
- Monarch Watch
- Part of the University of Minnesota, this site is dedicated to the monarch butterfly. Includes biology, migration, tagging, conservation, and research projects.
- NatureWorks
- A user friendly website with lots of photos and easy to read pages. Learn about: adaptation, mimicry, pheromones, and migration.
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- A synopsis of SAD, which is now regarded as a major depressive disorder. This site covers the symptoms and diagnosis of SAD as well as the epidemiology and treatment of the disorder.
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- A site exploring aspects of SAD: causes, treatments and the role of melatonin in regulating the internal body clock.
- Sexual Selection
- This site, part of the University of British Columbia, explores the aspects of sexual selection: intrasexual selection (male-male competition) and intersexual selection (female choice).
- The Mammal Society
- This web page is from The Mammal Society and provides fact sheets on British mammals.
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