Across captive settings, nonhuman primates may develop an array of abnormal behaviors
including stereotypic and self‐injurious behavior. Abnormal behavior can indicate a state of …

Simple Summary Behavioral diversity is sometimes used by animal scientists to better
understand and compare how animals behave. The methods used in behavioral diversity …

Negative visitor behaviour in zoos such as banging, shouting and feeding animals are
unwanted, but under-studied, visitor actions. It is not known how prevalent negative …

Research in zoos is an important scientific endeavor that requires several complex
considerations in order to occur. Among those many considerations are the ethics involved …

The use of the scan-sampling method, especially when a large amount of data is collected,
has become widespread in behavioral studies. However, there are no specific guidelines …

In 1948, Skinner described the behavior of pigeons under response‐independent schedules
as “superstitious,” and proposed that the responses were reinforced by contiguous …

Errorless learning is a stimulus fading procedure that can reduce incorrect responses in a
stimulus discrimination task. Errorless learning has been described as a beneficial dog …

Given the increasing obligation to elevate animal welfare beyond minimum expectations,
zoos need robust mechanisms to monitor physical activity and species-appropriate …

Simple Summary To date, few studies have examined both night-time and daytime
behaviour of lions and cheetahs in zoos. To gain a deeper understanding of behavioural …

Response‐independent schedules involve the delivery of an item independent of a
response requirement. Often described in the applied behavior analytic literature as …