Marine mammals include cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, sea otters and polar bears, many
of which are charismatic and popular species commonly kept under human care in zoos and …

What role does playful behaviour and playful thought take in animal and human
development? How does play relate to creativity and, in turn, to innovation? Unravelling the …

The predominant method of measuring welfare in swine focuses on overt physical ailments,
such as skin lesions, lameness, and body condition. An alternative metric for assessing …

The potential disturbance of dolphins from tourism boats has been widely discussed in the
literature, in terms of both physical vessel presence and associated underwater noise …

Play is an important aspect of dolphin life, perhaps even an essential one. Play provides
opportunities for dolphin calves to practice and perfect locomotor skills, including those …

Differences in play behaviour often illuminate complex ecological parameters and social
differences. In primate societies, including humans, individuals acquire information through …

Although play behavior is difficult to define, it has been abundantly documented in the
cetaceanliterature. Play behavior is prevalent among the various taxa and is exhibited by …

Non-conceptive sexual behavior (NCSB) is phylogenetically widespread, having been
documented in 35 of the 87 extant cetacean species, but function and form of NCSB have …

Cognitive enrichment is gaining popularity as a tool to enhance captive animal well‐being,
but research on captive cetaceans is lacking. Dolphin cognition has been studied intensively …

Application of environmental enrichment, as a means to successfully decrease undesired
behaviors (eg, stereotypic) and improve animal welfare, has been documented in a variety …