Karl von Frisch (1886–1982) was a professor of zoology at the University of Munich, and his favorite subject of study was bees. As a sensory physiologist and neuroethologist, he highlighted two key behaviours in bees that advanced scientific understanding: their spatial orientation and the secrets of their communication. For this […]
Konrad Lorenz
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According to Konrad Lorenz, Charles Otis Whitman and Oskar Heinroth, the first American and the other German, were two significant precursors of the modern study of animal behaviour. Active in the early 1900s, they were interested in birds. While Whitman wrote a monumental work on the pigeon (Columba livia), ducks […]
Ethology and animal behaviour are two terms that are now considered synonymous. However, for a long time, they were not, leading to significant disputes in the scientific community and beyond. Let us explore the reasons why. Since the beginning of the last century, the study of animal and human behaviour […]
A growing trend has been gaining attention over the past few years: handbag dogs. Stylish women are often spotted carrying oversized handbags with a tiny puppy’s face peeking out. These small animals are frequently dressed up with ribbons that conveniently match their owner’s attire. The situation becomes even more peculiar […]
«The mind» argues Vallortigara «is not a tabula rasa. Learning from experience is possible only if the nervous system initially has a structure that favours it».«When we reason about the origin of knowledge, it is difficult to get rid of the apparently decisive argument in favor of empiricism, according to […]