Lemon sharks 3 months old can be conditioned to press a target for food. They show a
greater ability to accomplish this in our testing situation than do bull sharks of the same age …

Previous studies have demonstrated that animals use both environmental cues and
egocentric information when orienting in mazes or nature. These two strategies have been …

Wildlife provisioning is popular, economically valuable, and a rapidly growing part of marine
tourism, with great potential to benefit conservation. However, it remains controversial due to …

A recent study by Clua et al.(2010; Mar Ecol Prog Ser 414: 257–266) that looks at the
behavioural response of sicklefin lemon sharks Negaprion acutidens to underwater feeding …

FOOD INTAKE PATTERNS IN CAPTIVE JUVENILE LEMON SHARKS, NEGA-PRION
BREVIROSTRIS.-Following the initial demonstration of instrumental condi-tioning in the …

Three instrumental conditioning experiments were performed on four juvenile nurse sharks,
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre). In these, one shark rapidly learned to strike a target …

In classical conditioning, an alteration in response occurs when two stimuli are regularly
paired in close succession. An area of particular research interest is classical conditioning …

Research in crustaceans offers a valuable perspective for studying the neural
implementation of conserved behavioral phenomena, including motivation, escape …

Wildlife provisioning, ie the provision of bait to generate aggregations of charismatic
megafauna as tourist attractions, occurs around the world. This practice is often promoted as …

Baited video systems have been widely used to assess the relative abundance and diversity
of sharks in locations around the world, however they provide limited information on …