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Human Animal Bond Association's International Human Animal Bond Day is November 8. Dr. Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society has authored so many important books about dogs. His most recent is Dogs Demystified: An A to Z Guide to […]

Human Animal Bond Association's International Human Animal Bond Day is November 8. Dr. Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society has authored so many important books about dogs. His most recent is Dogs Demystified: An A to Z Guide to […]

Women make up just 34% of the workforce in professional STEM fields. In college, too, women are underrepresented: about 21% of engineering majors are women and around 19% of computer and information science majors are women. So, the question is: Why does this happen? Are women just less interested in these fields? Jennifer Hoffman, Shannon Murphy and Robin Tinghitella, all faculty in the University of Denver's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, answer that question with a resounding “NO.” Together at DU, Shannon, Jennifer and Robin co-host science summer camps for middle-school girls. And they are not only providing opportunities for girls to become acquainted with STEM fields, they're also studying the campers' relationships to science.   In a recently published paper, the trio, along with outside colleagues, examine the effects of these science summer camps on girls' relationship with science and their scientific self-efficacy by asking the girls a series of questions before and after their camp experiences. In this episode, Emma chats with the three female scientists about their experiences as women in STEM and why it's so important to get girls interested in the sciences early in life. Jennifer Hoffman is a professor of physics and astronomy in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Denver. She holds the Womble Chair of Astronomy and directs DU's historic Chamberlin Observatory. Her research interests focus on the late stages of massive stellar evolution, in particular on the role of binary stars in shaping supernova explosions. Hoffman uses a combination of observational spectropolarimetry and 3-D computational modeling to explore these research questions. She sees her roles as an educator and mentor as a vital part of her scholarship. In all these arenas, Hoffman works to expand opportunities and remove barriers to participation in physics and astronomy for people from historically underrepresented groups. Robin Tinghitella is an associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Denver. As a behavioral ecologist, she works to understand how rapidly changing environments alter animal communication, particularly interactions between males and females. Researchers in her animal behavior lab use both insect and fish model systems and are supported by the National Science Foundation, the Morris Animal Foundation, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Animal Behavior Society (amongst others).  Shannon Murphy is a professor of biological sciences in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Denver. She studies the ecology and evolution of interactions between plants and insects. Murphy works side by side with students to investigate how these plant-insect interactions are affected by global change. She works closely with undergraduate and graduate students to both teach them about and study the ecology and evolution of interactions between plants and insects, and together they investigate how these interactions are affected by global change. More Information: “STEM Summer Camp for Girls Positively Affects Self-Efficacy" by E. Dale Broder, Kirsten J. Fetrow, Shannon M. Murphy, Jennifer L. Hoffman, Robin M. Tinghitella AAUW: “The STEM Gap: Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics”  

Legendary ethologist Dr. Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder; Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, and a past Guggenheim Fellow. His latest (of his many books), Dogs Demystified: An A to Z Guide of All Things Canine with a foreword authored by his chum Dr. Jane Goodall. How people […]

In this week's episode, Maren Vitousek joins the show to talk about stress and her work in tree swallows. She starts by describing what stress is and what it is not. Matthew and Maren talk about the development of the stress response and its long-term implications. Then Maren's talk about the tree swallow project that she co-directs and what her lab has learned from studying stress in these animals.After the break, they talk about Maren's experience as a mother of three in academia. Maren describes her experience becoming a mother at three different career stages, the costs that mothers pay in academia, and what cultural and policy changes can be made to make academia more parent-friendly.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Mary Woodruff (@MaryJWoodruff), a PhD Candidate in the Rosvall Lab at Indiana University. She uses behavior and physiology to understand how wild birds are coping with climate change. Learn more about Mary's work here.Del Giudice, M., Buck, C. L., Chaby, L. E., Gormally, B. M., Taff, C. C., Thawley, C. J., ... & Wada, H. (2018). What is stress? A systems perspective. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58(6), 1019-1032. https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/58/6/1019/5094765Credits: The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Jen Abrams tells us why we shouldn't lie to our dogs and how to repair the damage to the trust in the human-dog relationship. We discuss:Why anxiety needs informationLong-term effects of lying to your dogUsing clear communication and predictor cuesHow to repair the damage to your relationship after trust is brokenJen's bio:Jen Abrams is an Associate Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (ACAAB) through the Animal Behavior Society, a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer (CSAT) and a licensed veterinary technician (LVT) with a masters degree (MA) in Animal Behavior & Conservation from Hunter College. She has an ongoing interest in canine cognition research and hopes to contribute to the field with future studies and data collection. Jen has been a Behavior Consultant with Behavior Vets since December 2020; prior to Behavior Vets she worked for nearly a decade with Animal Care Centers of NYC, New York City's only open-admission, full-service animal shelter, in roles including Behavior Program Manager and Director of Animal Welfare. A committed New Yorker, Jen lives in Brooklyn and finds great value in helping dogs adjust to the difficult city environment, where everything is always a little too close and a little too fast and where a rush of stimuli hit you like a wall the moment you walk out your front door.Click here for more about Jen AbramsLinks:Maia Huff-Owen (CSAT)Consent test petting video by Eileen AndersonWebinars by Jen Abrams:Easy DIY Food EnrichmentConfessions of a Dog Trainer: The Human Experience of Dealing with Behavior Challenges in PetsThey Said What?!?! A Guardian's Guide to Canine Body LanguageTwo Truths and a Lie: How More Truth Can Reduce Your Dog's AnxietyPublications:Trazodone as a mediator of transitional stress in a shelter: Effects on illness, length of stay, and outcome - ScienceDirect Theme music composed and performed by Andy SellsContact Behavior Vets tweet us @BehaviorVets follow us on Facebook email us at nyc@behaviorvets.com follow us on Instagram Online courses Webinars and seminars

This week Matthew speaks with Jenny Tung, McArthur fellow and the director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.They start out by discussing the mutual benefits that molecular biologists and behavioral ecologists can gain from bringing their methods and frameworks together. They discuss two examples of the power of that synergy from Jenny's work as a co-director of the Amboseli Baboon Research Project: (1) unraveling the hybridization history of the population and the behavioral impacts of hybrid ancestry and (2) measuring "biological" age and its predictors. They close by discussing Jenny's new role as director of MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology.Papers Relevant to this Week's episode:Hybridization in the Amboseli population:Vilgalys, T. P., Fogel, A. S., Anderson, J. A., Mututua, R. S., Warutere, J. K., Siodi, I. L. I., ... & Tung, J. (2022). Selection against admixture and gene regulatory divergence in a long-term primate field study. Science, 377(6606), 635-641.Biological aging in baboons:Anderson, J. A., Johnston, R. A., Lea, A. J., Campos, F. A., Voyles, T. N., Akinyi, M. Y., ... & Tung, J. (2021). High social status males experience accelerated epigenetic aging in wild baboons. Elife, 10, e66128.Credits: The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Matthew travels to South Africa to talk with legendary zoologist and behavioral ecologist, Tim Clutton-Brock. They discuss how Tim came to study meerkats and the logistical benefits of meerkats as a study system. Then they dig in to cooperative breeding and its implications for evolution. In the second half of the show, they discuss Tim's 50+ year career, how he has seen the field of animal behavior change, and where he thinks it should be headed.Two-Minute Takeaway: Marina Watowich is a postdoc at Vanderbilt University. Check out her paper on the impacts of hurricane Maria on aging in the Cayo Santiago macaques here.Credits: The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Matthew speaks with Robert Seyfarth, professor emeritus in the psychology department at the University of Pennsylvania. In the first half of the show, they discuss in detail some of the foundational playback experiments that Robert performed in partnership with his late wife Dorothy Cheney. These legendary experiments revealed fundamental discoveries about the kind of social knowledge monkeys have about the groups in which they live.In the second half of the show, they follow an "Ask Me Anything" style interview that covers a wide range, from building a family and field site with your closest collaborator and friend to questions of animal emotion and pre-linguistic, symbolic thought and communication.This week's two-minute takeaway comes from Arielle Fogel (Twitter @afogel29), a postdoc in Andy Clark's lab at Cornell University. See the paper that Arielle describes in Animal Behaviour here. Most relevant books discussed in today's show:How Monkeys See the World (Amazon link) by Dorothy Cheney and Robert SeyfarthBaboon Metaphysics (Amazon link) by Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs (Amazon link) by Keena RobertsCredits: The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

Matthew hosts a live episode of the podcast at the 2023 meeting of the Animal Behavior Society in Portland, Oregon.The show features friends of the pod Swanne Gordon and Jeff Podos, as well as special guests Steve Nowicki and Ted Stankowich.Content relevant to this episode:1. Buy books of poems written by Janie E. Bibbie, the poet from whom Swanne reads2. See Kim Roswall's flaming hula hoop performance along with a list of others' circus tricks: http://www.nowickilab.org/tricklist.html

What if there was more to our canine companions than meets the eye? Join us for a captivating conversation with independent researcher and Anthrozology expert, Marco Adda, as we explore the complex relationship between humans and dogs, and unveil the fascinating world of free-ranging dogs across different cultures and geographic regions.We'll discuss Marco's extensive research on the behavior of companion and free-roaming dogs in Bali, examining the effects of restricting these dogs' freedom and the implications this has on their well-being. Gain insights into the importance of understanding individual personalities and providing an environment that allows dogs to express themselves. We'll also delve into the complexities of dogs' interactions with humans in urban environments, and how a lack of understanding and proper communication can lead to unintended consequences.Wrapping up, we'll touch on the often-misinterpreted concept of dominance in dogs and its role in their interactions with humans and their environment. Don't miss this enlightening episode with Marco Adda, as we uncover the rich culture of dogs and the intricate relationship we share with our four-legged friends.The Aggression in Dogs ConferenceThe Aggression in Dogs Master CourseThe Bitey End of the Dog Bonus EpisodesAbout Marco:Independent researcher, founder and director of AEDC Anthrozoology Education Dogs Canines and PFAH Portugal Focus Animal Help. He leads in-person and online educational programs on dog behavior, free-ranging dogs and wolves. He has studied free-ranging dogs in various countries, conducted field research on Bali dogs, and introduced dogs to schools in Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia. He also studied sledge dogs in Quebec, Dingoes in Australia, and wolves in the UK. He supported the rescue of animals in disasters in Indonesia and Portugal. Member of the International Society for Anthrozoology, the Animal Behavior Society, and board member for the international Anthrozoology Symposium, Romania. Accredited Dognition evaluator.  Besides, Marco is a somatic researcher with a relevant interest in drama, social science, anthropology, neuroscience, actor training and martial arts. As such, he directs INS Integral NeuroSoma, is an accredited trainer by the European Commission SALTO Program and is a member of the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA).Info and socials: - www.marcoadda.com - AEDC Academy https://aedc.thinkific.com/ - FACEBOOK PERSONAL: https://www.facebook.com/marco.adda.7 - FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/marcoaddaAEDC/ - Email: marcogerardoadda@gmail.comSupport the show

In this episode,  Matthew speaks with Sara Lewis about her book, "Silent Sparks" and her career studying fireflies. They discuss the sexually selected behaviors that are so central to fireflies' lives.  After the break, they talk about Sara's conservation work focused on documenting firefly population dynamics and threat levels that different species face.  This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Cheyenne McKinley, a PhD student studying bioluminescent ostracods in Todd Oakley's lab at UCSB.Resources relevant to this week's show:Silent Sparks, Sara's book about her career and research studying fireflies.Fallon, C. E., Walker, A. C., Lewis, S., Cicero, J., Faust, L., Heckscher, C. M., ... & Jepsen, S. (2021). Evaluating firefly extinction risk: Initial red list assessments for North America. PloS one, 16(11), e0259379.State of the Fireflies of the United States and Canada: Distributions, Threats, and Conservation Recommendations. Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Credits: The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Jen Abrams helps an unpredictable Bracco Italiano named Mars transform from exhibiting fear-based aggression to quiet relaxation. Mars and his devoted companion Emily had a rocky journey from Florida to Indiana before eventually landing in Brooklyn, NY. Immediately upon moving to Brooklyn, Emily found Behavior Vets and Jen through a referral by her vet. Listen to how Jen created a behavior plan that helped Mars find the confidence to navigate the city streets safely and make new friends.  Jen's bio:Jen Abrams is an Associate Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (ACAAB) through the Animal Behavior Society, a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer (CSAT) and a licensed veterinary technician (LVT) with a masters degree (MA) in Animal Behavior & Conservation from Hunter College. She has an ongoing interest in canine cognition research and hopes to contribute to the field with future studies and data collection. Jen has been a Behavior Consultant with Behavior Vets since December 2020; prior to Behavior Vets she worked for nearly a decade with Animal Care Centers of NYC, New York City's only open-admission, full-service animal shelter, in roles including Behavior Program Manager and Director of Animal Welfare. A committed New Yorker, Jen lives in Brooklyn and finds great value in helping dogs adjust to the difficult city environment, where everything is always a little too close and a little too fast and where a rush of stimuli hit you like a wall the moment you walk out your front door. Click here for more about Jen AbramsLinks:Webinars by Jen Abrams:Easy DIY Food Enrichment Confessions of a Dog Trainer: The Human Experience of Dealing with Behavior Challenges in PetsThey Said What?!?! A Guardian's Guide to Canine Body Language Two Truths and a Lie: How More Truth Can Reduce Your Dog's Anxiety Publications:Trazodone as a mediator of transitional stress in a shelter: Effects on illness, length of stay, and outcome - ScienceDirect Contact Behavior Vets tweet us @BehaviorVets follow us on Facebook email us at nyc@behaviorvets.com follow us on Instagram Online courses Webinars and seminars

In this episode,  Matthew speaks with Thore Bergman about Niko Tinbergen's 1963 paper "On Aims and Methods of Ethology." They discuss Tinbergen's four questions as well as additional context for each and Thore describes how he has applied Tinbergen's principles to his own work.After the break, they discuss a paper that Thore and Jacinta Beehner published last year, arguing that the connections between Tinbergen's questions have been misunderstood.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Erin Wall, a PhD candidate studying birdsong perception in Sarah Woolley's lab at McGill University.Papers relevant to this week's show:Tinbergen, N. (1963). On aims and methods of ethology. Zeitschrift für tierpsychologie, 20(4), 410-433.Bergman, T. J., & Beehner, J. C. (2022). Leveling with Tinbergen: Four levels simplified to causes and consequences. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 31(1), 12-19.Credits: The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In the first episode of Season 3, we kick off our new miniseries, "Foundations of Animal Behavior" in a conversation between Matthew and Darwin scholar and intellectual historian Dr. William Kimler. We recommend that you read Chapter 7 either before or after this conversation. Here is the version (1st edition) that William and Matthew reference, starting on page 207 of the text (page 114 of the pdf): http://darwin-online.org.uk/converted/pdf/1859_Origin_F373.pdf William first describes the social and intellectual context in which the Origin was written, including a description of natural theology and Darwin's own movement away from theology as a personal motivation in his work.William steps us through five excerpts from Chapter 7, describing additional context and meaning that might otherwise be missed by a first (or tenth!) time reader of the chapter.After the break, they discuss William's path from field ecologist to intellectual historian and what he sees as the value in connecting history and science. William pursues this goal as director of the Jefferson Scholars program at North Carolina State University.Here are the books that William suggests any aspiring readers of Darwin, likely available at your local or university library:On the Origin of Species, 1st edition: http://darwin-online.org.uk/converted/pdf/1859_Origin_F373.pdfThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, with Introduction by John Tyler Bonne and Robert M May: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691023694/the-descent-of-man-and-selection-in-relation-to-sexThe Darwinian Heritage: See Chapter 12 for the work by Janet Browne that William describes: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7ztrtbThe Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought. See Chapter 20 for the essay by Gregory Radick that William references.Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior by Robert J Richards: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo5975789.htmlThis week's Two Minute Takeaway came from Caleb Hazel, PhD candidate and philosopher of science at Duke University.  Learn more about Caleb and his work on his website.  Credits: The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this Part 2 episode with Billie Groom we offer hope for adolescent and adult dogs who struggle with habitual behavior challenges.Erica Salvemini, host of The Rising Lioness Podcast welcomes back Billie Groom, animal welfare activist, social entrepreneur and Canine Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CCBT) expert.During this show Billie and Erica take a deeper dive into the inherent issues within the monolithic and unregulated pet industry. They ask difficult questions like, why is canine behavioral euthanasia and surrender so prevalent today? And, Why are behaviorally challenged dogs being euthanized enmasse instead of institutions opting for more conscious solutions to long-term rehabilitation?Erica asks the audience to use its voice for our Canine BFF's to create a grassroots movement to shift the industry towards rehabilitating our behaviorally challenged, misunderstood dogs, in place of surrender and euthanasia. CCBT is the conscious and compassionate solution to helping canines who are otherwise being destroyed en masse.This thought provoking conversation also addresses a current and rising movement toward implementing laws against backyard breeding and puppy mills selling pets in stores. Erica and Billie share candid views on the breeding, and industry which prioritizes money over the happiness and freedom of the animal. These canine industry experts offer another perspective and solutions for frustrated pet parents who hope to help their beloved 4 legged, furry family members.As a Master Reiki practitioner and pet care entrepreneur, Erica has been helping pets and their people for 2 decades. Through use of Reiki, a healing modality that has been around for nearly 4 millennia, we can offer transformational healing for our struggling canines. This holistic approach is still going strong today because of its simple, gentle and effective way in which it treats the patient, which explains why it's lasted for centuries.With decades of evidence, CCBT has been scientifically vetted as a proven methodology to help dogs who might otherwise be surrendered or worse, euthanized due to “behavioral challenges”.CCBT and Reiki combined would be a transformational powerhouse of healing for pets and their people too.If you're feeling despair over how to help your beloved behaviorally challenged adolescent or adult dogs, there is HOPE! Log on to learn about these highly effective and holistic approaches to rehabilitation.You can also contact animal welfare organizations, veterinarians, politicians and industry leaders at the local, state and national level and ask them to administer Canine Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a rehabilitation solution in place of surrender and euthanasia.We can all use our voice to help make a difference in saving canine lives today!Billie Groom is an award winning author, podcast host, animal welfare activist, and social entrepreneur. She is featured in magazines, blogs, and on many podcasts and tv shows, including the LA Tribune and Psychology Today Magazine.Billie presented at the Animal Behavior Society Conference 2022 and was a keynote speaker at the Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Conference 2022.Billie is also a member of the Dog Writers Association of America, Comparative Cognition Society, and the Animal Behavior Society.She is enrolled in the PhD Program at the Graduate School of Leadership and Change at Antioch University.Billie lives in Regina, Saskatchewan Canada with her rescued dogs and cat.

Billie Groom is the creator of UPWARD Dogology, as well as being a social entrepreneur, innovator, expert in Canine Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT), award winning author, podcast host, speaker, and animal welfare activist. Her work spans over three decades. She is featured in magazines, blogs, and on many podcasts and tv shows, including the LA Tribune, CTV, Roku TV, and Psychology Today Magazine. Billie has received awards and accolades for her success in rehabilitating thousands of street dogs, community dogs, and dogs with unknown, or disadvantaged pasts, from Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Panama, Thailand, Spain (Galgos), and China, as well as dogs rescued from the Yulin Festival, dog fighting rings, meat markets, backyard breeders, and death-row. She is currently working (pro-bono) with dogs rescued from the Ukraine war. She also works with dogs who have no history of abuse or neglect to keep them out of the system and in good homes, and works tirelessly to create change to help animals in need.Billie is a member of the Dog Writers Association of America, Comparative Cognition Society, and the Animal Behavior Society, is a graduate of University of Western Ontario, and is enrolled in the Graduate School of Leadership and Change at Antioch University. She lives in Regina, Saskatchewan Canada with her rescued dogs and cat who came to live with them.Her mission is to continue to spread awareness on CCBT to decrease surrenders and euthanasia, increase adoptions, end harmful methods, and increase our understanding of adolescent and adopted dogs.Socials:Website: https://www.upwarddogology.com/LinkedIn: Billie Groom FB: Upward Dogology - Dog Behavior, Dog Training, Animal Welfare Insta: UPWARD Dogology @upwarddogology Twitter: UPWARD Dogology Podcast: Dog Training DisrUPted Book: The Art of Urban People With Adopted and Rescued Dogs Methodology: Rescued Dogs: The Misunderstood Breed YouTube: Dog Cognition and Canine Behavior LinkTree: Billie Groom - UPWARD Dogology Enjoy the visual here on Youtube

Erica Salvemini, host of The Rising Lioness Podcast welcomes Billie Groom, award winning author, podcast-host, animal welfare activist, social entrepreneur and Canine Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CCBT) expert.During this show Billie shares her vast knowledge and expertise on CCBT. We discuss how Canine Cognitive Behavior Therapy can prevent canines from a life of being misunderstood due to their prior traumas and patterning, which is often what gets them surrendered or worse, euthanized.CCBT offers families the chance to finally share a life of peace and happiness with their beloved pet, something many have felt helpless and even hopeless to.Log on to hear about Billie's decades of evidence-based work that has the power to transform and even save canine lives. She is an amazing human dedicated to making the lives of our canine friends better every day.Billie Groom is an award winning author, podcast host, animal welfare activist and social entrepreneur. She is featured in magazines, blogs, and on many podcasts and tv shows, including the LA Tribune and Psychology Today Magazine.Billie presented at the Animal Behavior Society Conference 2022 and is a featured speaker at the upcoming Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine conference.Billie is also a member of the Dog Writers Association of America, Comparative Cognition Society, and the Animal Behavior Society.She received her master's degree in canine behavior and welfare and is currently enrolled in the Graduate School of Leadership and Change at Antioch University.She lives in Regina, Saskatchewan Canada with her rescued dogs and cat.

New Guest Expert! On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Marc Bekoff about the killing of Harambe, The Cincinnati Zoo Toddler Incident and zoo culture in general. Marc is a professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, and a past Guggenheim Fellow. With Jane Goodall, Marc co-founded the organization Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior Studies in 2000. Afterward, Fact Checker Chris Smith stops by to revisit the verdict.We have merch!Join our Discord!Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistThe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Amy speaks with guest Zuleyma Tang-Martinez, emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Missouri - St. Louis.They open by discussing the social function of individual odors and the potential factors driving the evolution of individual recognition systems in animals. Then, they chat about work by Zuleyma (and others) challenging Bateman's Principle, a widely accepted cornerstone of how we understand sexual selection. After the break, they discuss the importance of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI)  efforts within and beyond academia, how the Animal Behavior Society has changed since its founding, and what excites Zuleyma about the future of our field.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Solimary García Hernández (@GhSolimary), a Postdoctoral Fellow at Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. She is a behavioral ecologist especially interested in sexual selection, parental care, and defensive behaviors of arthropods. Recently, her research has focused on how and why sexual dimorphism varies among earwig populations, and how food availability affects lifetime reproductive success in harvestman. Learn more about Solimary's work here.Papers relevant to today's show:1. The mechanisms of kin discrimination and the evolution of kin recognition in vertebrates: a critical re-evaluation 2001 Behavioural Processes2. Rethinking Bateman's Principles: Challenging Persistent Myths of Sexually Reluctant Females and Promiscuous Males 2016 Annual Review of Sex Research 3. The history and impact of women in animal behaviour and the ABS: a North American perspective 2020 Animal BehaviourCredits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Amy speaks with guest Andy Sih, a Distinguished ​​Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy within the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UC Davis.They open by discussing the concept of animal personalities (a.k.a 'behavioral syndromes' or 'consistent individual differences in behavior'). Then, they chat about fear generalization in animals, and they discuss how and why human-induced rapid environmental change threatens some species more than others. After the break, they discuss international collaboration, integrative approaches to behavioral questions, and the value of 'big picture' thinking.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Jason Dinh  (@jasonpdinh), a PhD Candidate at Duke University. He uses physiology and physics to understand how sexually selected signals are used and perceived, exploring proximate mechanisms through an evolutionary lens. Learn more about Jason's work here.Papers relevant to today's show:1. Behavioral syndromes: an ecological and evolutionary overview 2004 Trends in Ecology & Evolution2. On the importance of individual differences in behavioural skill 2019 Animal Behaviour3. Integrating social networks, animal personalities, movement ecology and parasites: a framework with examples from a lizard 2018 Animal BehaviourCredits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Matthew speaks with guest Kate Laskowski (@KateLaskowski), an Assistant Professor in the Department of Evolution, and Ecology at the University of California, DavisThey discuss what it means for animals to display individuality, how frequent individual repeatable differences are, and Kate's work in Amazon mollies that attempts to identify the sources and consequences of individual differences in a naturally clonal species. Then after the break they discuss data reproducibility, including advice from Kate about low-effort steps that researchers can take to make their data more readily reproducible.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Mauna Desari (@chumblebiome), an NSF Postdoc at the University of Pittsburgh. Mauna studies the causes and consequences of variation in the microbiome in wild animals.Papers relevant to today's show:1.  The meta-analysis of repeatability of behaviors:Bell, Alison M., Shala J. Hankison, and Kate L. Laskowski. "The repeatability of behaviour: a meta-analysis." Animal behaviour 77, no. 4 (2009): 771-783.2. The paper describing short and long-term winner/loser effects in mollies Laskowski, K. L., Wolf, M., & Bierbach, D. (2016). The making of winners (and losers): how early dominance interactions determine adult social structure in a clonal fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1830), 20160183.3. Emergence of individuality in clonal fish with near-identical rearing conditions:Bierbach, D., Laskowski, K. L., & Wolf, M. (2017). Behavioural individuality in clonal fish arises despite near-identical rearing conditions. Nature communications, 8(1), 1-7.Credits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society. 

In this episode, Amy speaks with guest Gerry Carter (@gerrygcarter), an Assistant Professor in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University.They open by discussing cooperation and conflict in animal social structures. Then, they dig into variation in individual food-sharing relationships in bats, and they chat about whether or not vampire bats show reciprocal altruism (and how to go about testing this). After the break, they discuss challenges with the current incentive structures in academia, including potential avenues for improvement.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Mena Davidson (@mena_davidson), a PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan. They use a rodent model to study how social behavior and pair bonding are affected by changing environmental contexts. Learn more about Mena's work here.Papers relevant to today's show:1. Social bet-hedging in vampire bats 2017 Biology Letters2. Co-option and the evolution of food sharing in vampire bats 2021 Ethology3. Vampire bats that cooperate in the lab maintain their social networks in the wild 2019 Current BiologyCredits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Amy speaks with guest Karen Warkentin, a Professor of Biology and a Professor of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Boston University.They open by discussing the adaptive value of phenotypic plasticity, particularly at critical moments in complex life cycles. Then, they dig into the mechanisms underlying environmentally-cued hatching in red-eyed treefrogs (Agalychnis callidryas), and they talk about experimental approaches Karen has used to test hypotheses within this system. After the break, they discuss Karen's dual appointments in both Biology and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at BU, including the value and necessity of integrating these fields. This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Juleyska Vazquez-Cardona (@JuleyskaV), a graduate student in The Birdsong Lab at the University of Lethbridge. Her work explores vocal communication in Adelaide's warblers (Setophaga adelaidae), a tropical songbird.Papers relevant to today's show:1. Karen & collaborators (2017) compare escape-hatching onset in Red-eyed treefrog embryos in response to hypoxia and mechanosensory cues. Developmental onset of escape-hatching responses in red-eyed treefrogs depends on cue type Animal Behaviour2. Karen's former PhD student Dr. Julie Jung leads this paper (2022) parsing the vibration properties that embryos use to discern predation risk. Frog embryos use multiple levels of temporal pattern in risk assessment for vibration-cued escape hatching Animal CognitionCredits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Amy speaks with guest Nora H. Prior (@NhPrior), a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University.They open by discussing the many types of social relationships that animals experience throughout their lives, and the impact that these diverse social interactions may have on the involved individuals. Then, they dig into the neuroscience underlying our understanding of different social behaviors and explore the value of linking neural mechanisms and social behavior. After the break, they discuss scholar-activism, finding and building community in our field, and the value of bringing complex personal identities into our work as researchers.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Shailee Shah (@shailee_shah93), a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Chen Lab in the Department of Biology at the University of Rochester. Check out her recent paper in Science Advances, Prenatal environmental conditions underlie alternative reproductive tactics that drive the formation of a mixed-kin cooperative society. Papers relevant to today's show:1. Nora (2020) reviews behavioral synchrony during pair-bonding across contexts, timescales, and species. What's in a Moment: What Can Be Learned About Pair Bonding From Studying Moment-To-Moment Behavioral Synchrony Between Partners? Frontiers in Psychology2. Nora, along with collaborators Ehren J. Bentz and Alexander G. Ophir, review the interconnectedness of social behavior and sensory processing mechanisms in animals. Reciprocal processes of sensory perception and social bonding: an integrated social-sensory framework of social behavior Genes, Brains, & BehaviorCredits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio directed by Bert Odom-Reed, and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Matthew speaks with Jesse Goldberg (@jesseGlab),  Associate Professor and Robert R. Capranica Fellow in the neurobiology and behavior department at Cornell University.They first cover Jesse's perspectives on some basics of neurobiology-- what he identifies as a brain's function and the brain's role in creating predictions and controlling movement. They then discuss the role of dopamine in an animal's learning and discoveries that Jesse's lab has made regarding the role of dopamine in song learning in zebra finches, in particular.Then after the break they discuss Jesse's path from to neurobiology as well as the limitations and promises of the field of neurobiology.A clarifying note to listeners, during our conversation the nervous systems of a marine animal - the sea squirt - becomes relevant. Although discussed as an example, we want to be clear that sea squirts retain some form of nervous system throughout their entire lives (though they digest large parts of their nervous system upon become sessile). For a more detailed look at the sea squirt's transition from mobile to sessile, check out this blog post.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Andrew Legan (@AndrewLegan), a recently minted PhD from the NBB department at Cornell. Read Andrew's work on odorant receptor expansion in paper wasps here.Media relevant to today's show:1.  The paper identifying dopamine neurons' role in song learning/self-assessment in zebra finchesGadagkar, V., Puzerey, P. A., Chen, R., Baird-Daniel, E., Farhang, A. R., & Goldberg, J. H. (2016). Dopamine neurons encode performance error in singing birds. Science, 354(6317), 1278-1282.2.  The paper describing how dopamine neurons respond differently when in the presence of femalesGadagkar, V., Puzerey, P. A., & Goldberg, J. H. (2019). Dopamine neurons change their tuning according to courtship context in singing birds. bioRxiv, 822817.3. (Restricted Access) i of the Vortex, by Rodolfo Llinás. A book that argues that the evolution of movement and the mind are deepy intertwined:http://cognet.mit.edu/book/i-of-vortexCredits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio, directed by Bert Odom-Reed and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Matthew speaks with Swanne Gordon (@Swanne Gordon),  Assistant Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. They talk about diversity in both nature and in the biological sciences. The research focus of the conversation focuses on Swanne's experimental and modeling work to understand polymorphism among aposematic wood tiger moths, and the surprising outcomes that positive density dependent selection can have, when combined with migration between populations.Then after the break they discuss the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in biological sciences, especially in evolutionary biology. Swanne describes her own experiences and identifies areas of progress and failure in our field. Then they close their conversation by discussing the benefits of increasing diversity in the model systems that we study.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Dishari Dasgupta (@DishariDg), a PhD student at IISER Kolkata. Read Dishari's work on food preference of urban langurs here.Media relevant to today's show:1.  Swanne's paper explaining the maintenance of polymorphism in wood tiger moths:Gordon, S. P., Kokko, H., Rojas, B., Nokelainen, O., & Mappes, J. (2015). Colour polymorphism torn apart by opposing positive frequency‐dependent selection, yet maintained in space. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84(6), 1555-1564.2. Duffy et al.'s call for greater diversity in model systems:Duffy, M. A., García-Robledo, C., Gordon, S. P., Grant, N. A., Green, D. A., Kamath, A., ... & Zaman, L. (2021). Model systems in ecology, evolution, and behavior: A call for diversity in our model systems and discipline. The American Naturalist, 198(1), 53-68.3.  Swanne's EcoEvoSeminar Talk, from August 2020, discussing some of these results in more detail:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcLjlWc6GCsCredits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio, directed by Bert Odom-Reed and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Matthew speaks with Tamra Mendelson (@tamram), Professor of Biological Sciences at UMBC.They talk about Tamra's work studying sexual signal evolution. They discuss the processing bias hypothesis, with a focus on the importance of the ease of processing a signal on the receivers preference for signals. They talk about evidence that efficient processing has shaped human preferences for art and faces, and consider the implications of the same phenomenon in animal signal evolution.After the break, they talk about ICARE, an NSF-funded Masters program at UMBC that she leads that promotes social and environmental justice by training  a diverse workforce of environmental scientists to solve environmental problems.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Zeke Rowe (@Zeke_Rowe_), a PhD student at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam . Read Zeke's paper about camouflage and complexity in moths here.Media relevant to today's show:1.  Tamra's synthesis paper laying out the processing bias hypothesis:Renoult, J. P., & Mendelson, T. C. (2019). Processing bias: extending sensory drive to include efficacy and efficiency in information processing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1900), 20190165.2.  Evidence that processing bias has shaped darter signal evolutionHulse, S. V., Renoult, J. P., & Mendelson, T. C. (2020). Sexual signaling pattern correlates with habitat pattern in visually ornamented fishes. Nature communications, 11(1), 1-8.3.  Evidence that sparseness shapes human preferences for facesHolzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Hahn, A. C., Kandrik, M., Bovet, J., Renoult, J. P., ... & Jones, B. C. (2019). Comparing theory-driven and data-driven attractiveness models using images of real women's faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45(12), 1589.Credits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio, directed by Bert Odom-Reed and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

Show Notes:Billie Groom is an animal advocate who has dedicated the last 3 decades to decreasing canine behavioral euthanasia and surrender, increasing adoptions, and changing the way people perceive dogs with checkered pasts. She is an expert in Canine Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, an award winning author, and a podcast host. She is a member of the Animal Behavior Society, the Comparative Cognition Society and Dog Writers Association of America. Quote: With CBT, new skills should be built not in a time of difficulty - Billie GroomKnowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:Billie has a positive effect not only with dogs, but with everyone she comes in contact with!Not all dogs accept positive reinforcement trainingA certain skill set is needed for bonding and communication with your fur-baby. Billie will provide the specific skills to change the dogs perception, not just the behaviorPerception drives your dog's behavior - they DO have cognitive skills!Don't concentrate on making friends, focus on making waves and a positive differenceHere is a link to this episode on our website:  https://timetoshinetoday.com/podcast/billiegroom/Recommended Resources: Visit Upward DogologyTune Into Dog Training Disrupted PodcastPick Up Billie's Book Rescued Dogs: The Misunderstood BreedBillie's Linked INBillie's FacebookBillies InstagramBillie's TwitterHost Your Podcast for Free with Buzz Sprout Our Show Sponsor Sutter and Nugent Real Estate - Real Estate Excellence Music Courtesy of: fight by urmymuse (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/58696 Ft: Stefan Kartenberg, Kara Square

In this episode, Matthew speaks with Jenn Smith (@JennSmithSocBeh), associate professor of biology at Mills College.They talk about Jenn's work directing a long-term study of the social behavior of California ground squirrels, including the opportunities and risks presented by remote data collection technologies. They also discuss Jenn's work connecting animal behavior and sociological questions, such as the female leadership paradox and the inheritance of wealth and privilege.After the break, they talk about Jenn's experience as a professor at a small liberal arts college, what the students and mentorship environment is like, and what steps students and postdocs who are seeking such a job should take.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Dr. Gabriela Pinho (@Gabriela_MPinho), a researcher at the Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas and recent PhD from UCLA . Read Gabriela's open-access paper about aging in marmots here.Media relevant to today's show:1.  Jenn's paper about the social networks of ground squirrels above and below ground: Smith, J. E., Gamboa, D. A., Spencer, J. M., Travenick, S. J., Ortiz, C. A., Hunter, R. D., & Sih, A. (2018). Split between two worlds: automated sensing reveals links between above-and belowground social networks in a free-living mammal. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373 (1753), 20170249. 2.  Female leadership in social mammals:Smith, J. E., Fichtel, C., Holmes, R. K., Kappeler, P. M., van Vugt, M., & Jaeggi, A. V. (2022). Sex bias in intergroup conflict and collective movements among social mammals: male warriors and female guides. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377(1851), 20210142. 3.  Jenn's new work on the evolution of privilege:Smith, J. E., Natterson-Horowitz, B., & Alfaro, M. E. (2022). The nature of privilege: intergenerational wealth in animal societies. Behavioral Ecology, 33(1), 1-6.And hear the segment talking about this paper on Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!Credits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by a team of animal behavior researchers and audio professionals. Come meet us here! We receive production support from the Cornell Broadcast studio, directed by Bert Odom-Reed and financial support from the Animal Behavior Society.

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekoff about a canine future without humans. They talk about how dogs could potentially survive and evolve in a post-human world. They mention the difference between breeds vs. individualized dogs, generations of dogs post-human, and how dogs have evolved with humans thus far. They also talk about features of dogs in a post-human world, skull morphology, ethics, and how people can treat dogs better in the present.  Jessica Pierce is a bioethicist and serves on the faculty at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. She has her PhD from the University of Virginia. Her main interests are on ethical issues in biomedical sciences, human-animal relationships, and animal welfare. She is the author of numerous books, including the most recent with Marc Bekoff, A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs In A World Without Humans. You can find her at her blog and her website.  Marc Bekoff is a biologist and is professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and past Guggenheim Fellow. His main interests are animal behavior, cognitive ethology, and behavioral ecology. He is well-published in the scientific literature and is the author of numerous books, including his most recent with Jessica Pierce. You can find all of his work at his website. Twitter: @marcbekoff

Our Guests:Sheryl Green, Owner, Unleashed Communicationshttp://www.unleashedcommunications.com/ Dr. Stephen Zawistowski, Animal BehavioristStephen L. Zawistowski, PhD, CAAB Emeritus served as a senior executive at the ASPCA for 26 years. “Dr. Z” is a well-known speaker on a number of animal behavior, shelter and animal welfare topics. He completed a PhD in behavior-genetics at the University of Illinois (1983) and was a National Science Foundation post-doctoral fellow at Indian University. Dr. Z was certified as an applied animal behaviorist and chaired the Animal Behavior Society's Board of Professional Certification from 1998-2007, is founding co-editor of the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, and an adjunct professor in the Animal Behavior and Conservation graduate program at Hunter College. He co-edited Animal Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff with Dr. Lila Miller (2004) and the second edition in 2013, co-authored a history of the ASPCA, Heritage of Care with Marion Lane (2008), and authored a textbook Companion Animals in Society (2008). Dr. Z served on the ACC&D Board of Directors for eight years (2005-2013), including multiple years as Board Chair. He received public service awards from the USDOJ and USDA for his work on the Michael Vick dog fighting case. (read his books: https://www.isbns.net/author/Stephen_Zawistowski) Alex Lu, Creator, DogsBondLearn more about Alex and his dog-focused board game!https://www.dogsbondgame.com/media-room

Our canine best friends bring limitless joy to humankind. Even if you don't have a dog, you've met one on the street. You've seen one at a park. Or maybe, you've even seen their head sticking out of a car window. These intelligent animals have a lot to offer us — as long as we care for them the right way. In this episode, author and canine expert Dr. Marc Bekoff joins host Charles Mizrahi to talk about how we have — and should — interact with dogs. Topics Discussed: An Introduction to Marc Bekoff (00:00:00) The Evolution of Dogs (00:04:01) Pet Communication (00:07:46) Fear and Caution (00:15:13) The Responsibilities of Ownership (00:24:20) Pandemic Dogs (00:27:31) Common Misconceptions (00:33:46) Wolf Genes (00:40:05) Considering Dog Ownership (00:43:09) Unleashing Your Dog (00:47:11) Guest Bio: Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., is a biologist, ecologist, professor emeritus, and author. He researches animal behavior and cognition, human-animal interactions, and compassionate conservation. He's also a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and the co-chair of the Ethics Committee of the Jane Goodall Institute. Marc has published 30 books, including Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do and The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientists Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter. His work has been featured in Time Magazine, Scientific American, and BBC Wildlife. Resources Mentioned: ·      https://www.amazon.com/Dogs-World-Imagining-without-Humans/dp/0691196184 (A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans) ·      https://www.amazon.com/Unleashing-Your-Dog-Companion-Possible/dp/160868542X (Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible) Transcript: https://charlesmizrahi.com/podcast/2022/01/18/unleashing-your-dog-dr-marc-bekoff/ (https://charlesmizrahi.com/podcast/) Don't Forget To... • Subscribe to my podcast! • Download this episode to save for later • Liked this episode? Leave a kind review!   Subscribe to Charles' Alpha Investor newsletter today: https://pro.banyanhill.com/m/1729783 (https://pro.banyanhill.com/m/1729783)

Episode Summary:In this episode, Amy speaks with Jeff Podos, a Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst and a previous President of the Animal Behavior Society.They start out discussing how a diet of fruit can explain elaborate sexual ornamentation in animals. Then, we learn about Jeff's work on Darwin's finches in the Galápagos Islands. They also talk about what drives bellbirds to sing such piercingly loud songs.After the break, Amy and Jeff talk about his new approach to teaching Animal Behavior (sparked by the pandemic), and his recent sabbatical in Brazil. They close by discussing the future of the field of animal behavior.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Ellen Pasternack (@EllenPasternack), a final year PhD student at The University of Oxford. She studies the mechanisms of sexual selection through behavioral observation of domestic chickens and their ancestor species, the red junglefowl. She's particularly interested in the role of female resistance to mating attempts. Select papers relevant to today's show:1. Costs, constraints, and sexual trait elaboration2. Extremely loud mating songs at close range in white bellbirds3. Correlated evolution of morphology and vocal signal structure in Darwin's finchesCredits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by Matthew Zipple (@MatthewZipple) and Amy Strauss (@avstrauss). If you like what you heard, please subscribe wherever you're listening now, leave us a rating or review, and share us with your friends and colleagues.You can contact us at animalbehaviorpod@gmail.com and find us on Twitter (@AnimalBehavPod). Our Communications Director is Casey Patmore (@paseycatmore).Our theme song is by Sally Street (@Rainbow_Road13), Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology at Durham University in the UK. You can find her on Sound Cloud here: https://soundcloud.com/rainbow_road_music.Musical transitions by André Gonçalves (@fieryangelsfell), a Researcher at the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University.Our logo was designed by Adeline Durand-Monteil (@adelinedurandm), a Master's Student in Ecology and Evolution. You can see more of Adeline's work on her website: https://adelinedurandmonteil.wordpress.com/.The Animal Behavior Podcast is produced with support from the Animal Behavior Society (@AnimBehSociety).

Episode Summary:In this episode, Amy speaks with Eileen Hebets (@hebets_lab), a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and the current President of the Animal Behavior Society.They start out discussing sensory systems and the evolution of multimodal communication in arachnids. Then, we learn about sexual cannibalism and the evolution of this terminal investment strategy by males in many spider species. They also talk about Eileen's research into cognition and learning in arachnids.After the break, Amy and Eileen talk about the importance of basic research for innovation and discovery, as well as Eileen's experience learning to quantify and evaluate her science communication efforts.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Emily Ray (@emilyjray21), a doctoral student at Louisiana State University studying filial cannibalism control in a maternal mouthbrooding cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni. Currently, she is investigating the sensory signals that drive parent-offspring recognition and aims to identify its neural correlates.Select links relevant to today's show:1. Barron, AB*, E.A. Hebets*, T.A. Cleland, C.L. Fitzpatrick, M.E. Hauber, & J.Stevens. 2015. FORUM: Embracing multiple definitions of learning. Trends in Neuroscience 38:405-407. (*shared first author)2. Hebets, E. A. 2003.  Subadult experience influences adult mate choice in an arthropod: Exposed female wolf spiders prefer males of a familiar phenotype. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 100: 13390-13395. 3. Learn about one of Eileen's ongoing outreach projects: Eight Legged EncountersCredits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by Matthew Zipple (@MatthewZipple) and Amy Strauss (@avstrauss). If you like what you heard, please subscribe wherever you're listening now, leave us a rating or review, and share us with your friends and colleagues.You can contact us at animalbehaviorpod@gmail.com and find us on Twitter (@AnimalBehavPod).Our theme song is by Sally Street (@Rainbow_Road13), Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology at Durham University in the UK. You can find her on Sound Cloud here: https://soundcloud.com/rainbow_road_music.Musical transitions by André Gonçalves (@fieryangelsfell), a Researcher at the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University.Our logo was designed by Adeline Durand-Monteil (@adelinedurandm), a Master's Student in Ecology and Evolution. You can see more of Adeline's work on her website: https://adelinedurandmonteil.wordpress.com/.The Animal Behavior Podcast is produced with support from the Animal Behavior Society (@AnimBehSociety).

Many dog owners like to think their dog is smart, but a new study has wrapped some fascinating data around just how intelligent some dogs really are – or are not! Also, how saying yes after a chance encounter started a love story CBS Reporter Martha Teichner could never have imagined. Einstein dogs not that common It may shock some dog owners to know that their pooch is not as smart as they think. A new study of gifted and talented dogs has revealed that canine Mozart's or Einstein's are likely rare. Now the next big question for scientists, to track the genetics and history of breeds to find what makes the smartest creatures. Some dogs are geniuses – just like humans Take the Genuis Dog Challenge here Martha Teichner – When Harry Met Minnie The Union Square Greenmarket is the beating heart of the romance of New York City. A chance encounter there led to Martha Teichner meeting Harry the Bull Terrier. He turned out to be a love match for her Bullie, Minnie ... and his mother, Carol Fertig, dying from liver cancer, turned out to be a remarkable friend for Martha. Their story is a bracing, modern fairy tale about how saying yes to life is revitalizing, even in death.  Dog Lovers Live – Billie Groom Dog Lovers Live, a discovery of dog loving podcasters and YouTubers. Billie Groom wears many hats. She is an author, podcaster, cognitive behavioral therapist and creator of the UPWARD Dogology formula, an approach she uses to change the lives of dogs and their owners Dog Training DisrUPted – UPWARD Dogology Podcast About Martha Teichner Martha Teichner has been a correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning” since December 1993, where she's equally adept at covering major breaking national and international news stories as she is handling in-depth cultural and arts topics. Since joining CBS News in 1977, Teichner has earned multiple national awards for her original reporting, including twelve Emmy Awards and five James Beard Foundation Awards. Teichner was also part of team coverage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which earned CBS News a 2014 duPont-Columbia Award. Teichner was born in Traverse City, Michigan. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in economics. She attended the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business Administration. Teichner resides in New York City. ttps://celadonbooks.com/book/when-harry-met-minnie/ @CeladonBooks @CBSSunday About Billie Groom Billie Groom is an award-winning author, podcaster, cognitive behavioral therapist and creator of the UPWARD Dogology formula from working with thousands of dogs over 3 decades. She is a member of the Dog Writers Association of America, Animal Behavior Society and the Comparative Cognition Society. Billie works with veterinarians, psychologists, animal experts, canine professionals, rescuers, fosters, adopters and first time dog owners. https://www.upwarddogology.com/billie-groom https://www.instagram.com/upwarddogology/ https://www.facebook.com/upwarddogology/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/billie-groom-b6964037/

Episode Summary:In this episode, Amy speaks with Esteban Fernandez-Juricic (@EstebanFerJur), a Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue University and the current President of the Animal Behavior Society.They start out discussing how sensory physiology can help answer questions about animal behavior, and why there is so much variation in visual systems across taxa. Then they talk about how Esteban's basic research into vision and behavior has enabled fruitful collaborations with conservation practitioners working on wildlife management applications. After the break, they talk about research reproducibility in animal behavior, as well as Esteban's leadership as Animal Behavior Society President.This week's Two-Minute Takeaway comes from Magdalena Wlodarz, a graduate student in Ecology, Evolution, and Nature Conservation. Magdalena is part of the Animal Ecology Working Group at the University of Potsdam in Germany.Select papers relevant to today's show:1. Esteban and collaborators characterize multiple traits of the visual system of the Red-winged Blackbird:Fernandez-Juricic, E. Baumhardt, P.E., Tyrrell, L.P., Elmore, A., DeLiberto, S.T., and Werner, S.J. 2019. Vision in an abundant North American bird: The Red-winged Blackbird. Ornithology (The Auk) 136: ukz039.2. Esteban and collaborators assess bird responses to different light stimuli using perceptual modeling and behavioral preference tests:Goller, B., Blackwell, B.F., DeVault, T.L., Baumhardt, P.E., and Fernandez-Juricic, E. 2018. Assessing bird avoidance of high-contrast lights using a choice test approach: implications for reducing human-induced avian mortality. PeerJ 6: e5404.3. Editorial by Esteban addressing why sharing data and code during peer review would help with research reproducibility:Fernandez-Juricic, E. 2021. Why sharing data and code during peer review can enhance behavioral ecology research. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75: 103.Credits:The Animal Behavior Podcast is created by Matthew Zipple (@MatthewZipple) and Amy Strauss (@avstrauss). If you like what you heard, please subscribe wherever you're listening now, leave us a rating or review, and share us with your friends and colleagues.You can contact us at animalbehaviorpod@gmail.com and find us on Twitter (@AnimalBehavPod).Our theme song is by Sally Street (@Rainbow_Road13), Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology at Durham University in the UK. You can find her on Sound Cloud here: https://soundcloud.com/rainbow_road_music.Musical transitions by André Gonçalves (@fieryangelsfell), a Researcher at the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University.Our logo was designed by Adeline Durand-Monteil (@adelinedurandm), a Master's Student in Ecology and Evolution. You can see more of Adeline's work on her website: https://adelinedurandmonteil.wordpress.com/.The Animal Behavior Podcast is produced with support from the Animal Behavior Society (@AnimBehSociety).

Mark Bekoff protagonizó el webinar "Animales, Constitución y Etología Cognitiva" organizado por @cedachile Nuestro invitado es Profesor Emérito de Ecología y Biología Evolutiva de la Universidad de Colorado, Boulder; Miembro de Animal Behavior Society y ganador de la beca Guggenheim. El Doctor Beckhoff ha publicado 31 libros. Este año lanzará A Dog 's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without Humans que escribió junto a Jessica Pierce. marcbekoff.com. Escucharemos parte de esta conversación. Video completo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bigPlRBPAuE&t=182s Noticias: Ariadna Beroiz, de Fundación Derecho y Defensa Animal, postula al Comité de Bioética Animal del congreso. @derechoydefensaanimal Conoce a los candidatos constituyentes que apoyan a los animales @derechoydefensaanimal Mastercat es demandado colectivamente por muerte de gatos https://chocale.cl/2021/03/sernac-compensacion-carozzi-mastercat-gatos/ Adhiere a carta exigiendo extradición a culpable de muerte de 1.500 terneros. Escríbenos a contacto.cedahile@gmail.com

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Gordon M. Burghardt is Alumni Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of Psychology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee. His research focus has been on comparative studies of behavioral development in animals with special attention to reptiles, bears, and the evolution of play, as well as historical and theoretical issues in ethology and psychology. He has served as editor or editorial board member of numerous journals and is past president of the Animal Behavior Society and the Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (APA Div. 6). He has edited or co-edited 6 books and authored The Genesis of Animal Play: Testing the Limits (MIT Press, 2005). In this episode, we talk about the evolution of play. First, we define play from a biological perspective, including five different criteria for a particular behavior to be classified as play. We talk about the three different categories of play (locomotor, object, and social). We also discuss play signals, role reversals, self-handicapping, the diversity of play, its downsides and costs, pseudo-copulatory play in spiders, and the surplus resources theory. Finally, We address of question of play possibly being behind certain elements of human culture, like rituals and religion. -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, PER HELGE LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, HERBERT GINTIS, RUTGER VOS, RICARDO VLADIMIRO, BO WINEGARD, CRAIG HEALY, OLAF ALEX, PHILIP KURIAN, JONATHAN VISSER, DAVID DIAS, ANJAN KATTA, JAKOB KLINKBY, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, PAULINA BARREN, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ARTHUR KOH, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, MAX BEILBY, COLIN HOLBROOK, SUSAN PINKER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, PABLO SANTURBANO, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, JORGE ESPINHA, CORY CLARK, MARK BLYTH, ROBERTO INGUANZO, MIKKEL STORMYR, ERIC NEURMANN, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, BERNARD HUGUENEY, ALEXANDER DANNBAUER, OMARI HICKSON, PHYLICIA STEVENS, FERGAL CUSSEN, YEVHEN BODRENKO, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, DON ROSS, JOÃO ALVES DA SILVA, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, OZLEM BULUT, NATHAN NGUYEN, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, J.W., JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, IDAN SOLON, ROMAIN ROCH, DMITRY GRIGORYEV, AND DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, IAN GILLIGAN, SERGIU CODREANU, LUIS CAYETANO, MATTHEW LAVENDER, TOM VANEGDOM, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, VEGA GIDEY, AND NIRUBAN BALACHANDRAN! AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MICHAL RUSIECKI, ROSEY, AND JAMES PRATT!

The Animal Behavior Society put on an absolutely incredible 2020 virtual conference. We invited expert guest, Dr. Karen London to […]

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Anchor (podcast): https://anchor.fm/thedissenter Dr. Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. He has won many awards for his scientific research including the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Dr. Bekoff has published numerous essays (popular, scientific, and book chapters), 31 books, and has edited three encyclopedias. In this episode, we talk about animal conservation. We first set a theoretical framework, about animal minds, cognitive ethology, individual variation, anthropomorphism and intentionality, and play behavior. We then get into the meat of animal conservation, particularly its compassionate version. -- Follow Dr. Bekoff's work: Faculty page: https://bit.ly/2CHtHmG Personal website: https://bit.ly/2DUf5Rr Animal Emotions (Psychology Today blog): https://bit.ly/2ZDUr0f Woks on ResearchGate: https://bit.ly/3jem9bM Amazon page: https://amzn.to/30n98DX Twitter handle: @MarcBekoff -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, PER HELGE LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, HERBERT GINTIS, RUTGER VOS, RICARDO VLADIMIRO, BO WINEGARD, CRAIG HEALY, OLAF ALEX, PHILIP KURIAN, JONATHAN VISSER, DAVID DIAS, ANJAN KATTA, JAKOB KLINKBY, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, PAULINA BARREN, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ARTHUR KOH, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, MAX BEILBY, COLIN HOLBROOK, SUSAN PINKER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, PABLO SANTURBANO, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, JORGE ESPINHA, CORY CLARK, MARK BLYTH, ROBERTO INGUANZO, MIKKEL STORMYR, ERIC NEURMANN, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, BERNARD HUGUENEY, ALEXANDER DANNBAUER, OMARI HICKSON, PHYLICIA STEVENS, FERGAL CUSSEN, YEVHEN BODRENKO, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, DON ROSS, JOÃO ALVES DA SILVA, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, OZLEM BULUT, NATHAN NGUYEN, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, J.W., JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, AND IDAN SOLON! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, IAN GILLIGAN, SERGIU CODREANU, LUIS CAYETANO, MATTHEW LAVENDER, TOM VANEGDOM, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, AND VEGA GIDEY! AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MICHAL RUSIECKI, ROSEY, AND JAMES PRATT!

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Anchor (podcast): https://anchor.fm/thedissenter Dr. Kay Holekamp is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Integrated Biology, and Director of the Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Behavior at Michigan State University. She is also Principal Investigator at the Holekamp Lab. She is recognized as one of the world's leading behavioral ecologists. Dr. Holekamp has devoted her career to animal behavior and behavioral neuroendocrinology, focusing specifically on the study of the evolution of intelligence. Her long-running study of spotted hyenas in Africa has acquired more than 30 years of data, covering 10 generations of hyena. Dr. Holekamp's honors include election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, being named a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, and a Merriam Award from the American Society of Mammalogists. In this episode, we talk about Dr. Holekamp's work on spotted hyenas, and some general topics of animal behavior. We start with the main aspects of spotted hyenas' sociality. And then we talk about epigenetics and the extended evolutionary synthesis, and the evolution of general intelligence. -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, PER HELGE LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, HERBERT GINTIS, RUTGER VOS, RICARDO VLADIMIRO, BO WINEGARD, CRAIG HEALY, OLAF ALEX, PHILIP KURIAN, JONATHAN VISSER, DAVID DIAS, ANJAN KATTA, JAKOB KLINKBY, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, PAULINA BARREN, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ARTHUR KOH, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, MAX BEILBY, COLIN HOLBROOK, SUSAN PINKER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, PABLO SANTURBANO, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, JORGE ESPINHA, CORY CLARK, MARK BLYTH, ROBERTO INGUANZO, MIKKEL STORMYR, ERIC NEURMANN, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, BERNARD HUGUENEY, ALEXANDER DANNBAUER, OMARI HICKSON, PHYLICIA STEVENS, FERGAL CUSSEN, YEVHEN BODRENKO, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, DON ROSS, JOÃO ALVES DA SILVA, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, OZLEM BULUT, NATHAN NGUYEN, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, J.W., JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, AND IDAN SOLON! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, IAN GILLIGAN, SERGIU CODREANU, LUIS CAYETANO, MATTHEW LAVENDER, TOM VANEGDOM, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, AND VEGA GIDEY! AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MICHAL RUSIECKI, ROSEY, AND JAMES PRATT!

“The second you think you know everything, you realize there's a lot you don't know,” says Marc Bekoff, who has spent his entire career studying animal behavior and biology and playing an integral role in animal rights organizations. As Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder and Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, Dr. Bekoff values productive conversation with people who bring different opinions to the table, and advocates for the importance of understanding the complexity of all other species on planet Earth. He joins the podcast today to discuss the surprising similarities and differences between and within different species, the role domestic dogs play in our lives and vice versa, how personality variation contributes to the formation and maintenance of groups of animals, and so much more. Tune in to learn: How common myths about domestic dogs are perpetuated in society What he's learned through long-term studies on coyotes in Grand Teton National Park Observations that demonstrate fair behavior within a species, whether in terms of playing, eating, or grooming (and how “cheaters” in the system tend to do in the long run) Learn more by visiting marcbekoff.com.

Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and is a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a past Guggenheim Fellow. In 2000 he was awarded the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society for major long-term contributions to the field of animal behavior. Marc is also an ambassador for Jane Goodall's international Roots & Shoots program, in which he works with students of all ages, senior citizens, and prisoners and is a member of the Ethics Committee of the Jane Goodall Institute. He and Jane co-founded the organization Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior Studies in 2000. http://marcbekoff.com

Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. A Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and former Guggenheim Fellow, he has written or edited more than 30 books, the latest being The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age, Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do, and Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible. Marc also writes regularly for Psychology Today. In 2009 he was presented with the St. Francis of Assisi Award by the New Zealand SPCA and in 1986 Marc became the first American to win his age-class at the Tour du Haut Var bicycle race (also called the Master's/age-graded Tour de France). His homepage is marcbekoff.com.

Steve Dale speaks to Dr. Terri Bright, Director of the Behavior Department at MSPCA-Angell, about The 56th Annual Conference of ABS and joint meeting with the Ethological Congress, a conference coming to Chicago as part of the Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting and Public Day. Dr. Bright shares details about the event, who the keynote speakers are, […]

Today I’m joined by one the nicest guys you could hope to meet, Marc Bekoff.Marc is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the Colorado University, a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, a member of the Ethics Committee of the Jane Goodall Institute and an ambassador for Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots programme.He has published numerous essays and books for adults and 3 books for children.In 2005 he was presented with The Bank One Faculty Community Service Award for the work he has done with children, senior-citizens, and prisoners, and in 2009 he was presented with the St. Francis of Assisi Award by the New Zealand SPCA.Marc has also won several awards for the work he has done with children, senior-citizens, and prisoners.We talk about...... How he tackles potentially controversial subjects, like trophy hunting with kids. What school visits and prison visits have in common. Tackling the issue of war with children. His work with Jane Goodall and the Roots and Shoots programme. And why we all need to be more empathetic.I thoroughly enjoyed my chat Marc, a wonderful, kind and interesting man. I hope you enjoy it too.For the show notes please visit www.wilderkids.org

Today I’m joined by one the nicest guys you could hope to meet, Marc Bekoff.Marc is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the Colorado University, a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, a member of the Ethics Committee of the Jane Goodall Institute and an ambassador for Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots programme.He has published numerous essays and books for adults and 3 books for children.In 2005 he was presented with The Bank One Faculty Community Service Award for the work he has done with children, senior-citizens, and prisoners, and in 2009 he was presented with the St. Francis of Assisi Award by the New Zealand SPCA.Marc has also won several awards for the work he has done with children, senior-citizens, and prisoners.We talk about...... How he tackles potentially controversial subjects, like trophy hunting with kids. What school visits and prison visits have in common. Tackling the issue of war with children. His work with Jane Goodall and the Roots and Shoots programme. And why we all need to be more empathetic.I thoroughly enjoyed my chat Marc, a wonderful, kind and interesting man. I hope you enjoy it too.For the show notes please visit www.wilderkids.org

Grizzly Times speaks with Dr. Marc Bekoff. Dr. Marc Bekoff brings infinite wisdom and compassion to our relationships with animals. He is a former professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and is a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a past Guggenheim fellow. His scientific research, which has includes animal behavior, cognitive ethology, which is the study of animal minds. With over 1000 articles and 30 books thus far, Marc is a leader in behavioral ecology, and pioneered the field of compassionate conservation.

Regina H. Macedo discusses her research concerning avian sexual selections, cooperative breeding and survival adaptation in the neo-tropics.  Communal breeding in tropical guira cuckoos and their social system will be highlighted. “ As neo-tropical regions are destroyed at an alarming rate, with an estimated 140 species of rainforest plants and animals going extinct every day, it is important to bring neo-tropical research to the fore now” Dr. Regina H. Macedo is on faculty at Department of Zoology at the University of  Brasilia, Brazil She is coeditor of the book Sexual Selection, Perspectives and Models from the Neotropoics, 2014, and is current President of the Animal Behavior Society. 

Dr. Joan Strassmann is the Charles Rebstock Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her PhD from The University of Texas at Austin. Joan was a member of the faculty of Rice University for over 30 years before joining the Biology Department at Washington University where she remains today. Joan has a long-standing interest in science education and Joan has received many awards and honors during her career. She is also a former President of the Animal Behavior Society and former President of the North American Section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects. In addition, She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial fellowship. Joan is with us today to tell us all about her journey through life and science.

Dr. Gene Robinson is the Swanlund Chair of Entomology, Director of the Institute for Genomic Biology, and Director of the Bee Research Facility at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his PhD in Entomology from Cornell University and joined the faculty of the University in 1989. Gene has received many awards and honors over the course of his career, including the Burroughs Wellcome Innovation Award in Functional Genomics, the Founders Memorial Award from the Entomological Society of America, a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an NIH Pioneer Award. He is also a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Gene is here with us today to tell us about his journey through life and science.

Marc Bekoff is a former Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and is a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a past Guggenheim Fellow. He has received, among other awards, the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society for major long-term contributions to the field of animal behavior. […] The post Rewilding Our Hearts appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.

Join Scott Cluthe on FACEBOOK Join the P I NEWSLETTER HERE Scott Cluthe LIVE with Marc Bekoff Tues at 8 PM EST.His new book-Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed-The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation from New World Library, 2013 In 2009, Marc Bekoff was asked to write on animal emotions for Psychology Today. Some 500 popular, jargon-free essays later, the field of anthrozoology, the study of human-animal interactions, has grown exponentially, as have the data showing how smart and emotional nonhuman animals are. Here Bekoff updates selected essays that showcase animal cognitive abilities as well as empathy, grief, humor, and love. Humpback whales protect gray whales from orca attacks, combat dogs suffer from PTSD, and bees reveal thrill-seeking tendencies. While the science prompts questions about biomedical research and industrial agriculture, Bekoff's handling of it offers what Good Morning America veterinarian Dr. Marty Becker calls an "ethical compass". Marc Bekoff is a former Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and is a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a past Guggenheim Fellow. In 2000 he was awarded the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society for major long-term contributions to the field of animal behavior. Marc is also an ambassador for Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots program, & also is a member of the Ethics Committee of the Jane Goodall Institute.

Is your dog chasing light reflections? are they tough chewers? We've got solutions for you, plus information on home made dog toys and a listener story, all on K9Cast #50! -Direct download -K9Cast podcast player -Enhanced Feed Subscribe -Standard Feed Subscribe Shownotes (OPML): 00:00 Intro 03:01 Dog constantly chasing light reflections -Animal Behavior Society 15:52 Tough chewing and homemade dog toys 28:30 Sponsor-HomeAgain 29:51 Listener Story and pictures 33:36 Outro