Spiders, having minute brains, were once considered simple, instinct-driven automatons, but
research on spider biology is revealing increasing evidence of their cognitive abilities. In this …

Adam Kendon studied biology and psychology at Cambridge and Oxford. At present
affiliated to the University of Pennsylvania and recently with the University of Naples …

This is the second article in a series of review articles addressing biosemiotic terminology.
The biosemiotic glossary project is designed to integrate views of members within the …

This book re-imagines law as ecolaw. The key insight of ecological thinking, that everything
is connected to everything else–at least on the earth, and possibly in the cosmos–has …

In the past decade, biosemiotics has become visible in the realm of natural science and
philosophy as an emerging network of ideas, concepts and hypothesis of what constitutes …

This paper aims to give an insight into developments that contributed to the significance of
the work of Jakob von Uexküll and stresses the importance of his occupation in Hamburg. A …

Du milieu à l'Umwelt: enjeux d? un changement terminologique Le concept d? Umwelt est
souvent considéré comme l'équivalent allemand du concept français de «milieu». En …

This article explores maritime protection zones (MPZ), which are being created in the
territorial waters of a number of European states. Through the work of Gaston Bachelard and …

This chapter begins by introducing the background, basic constituents and principles of the
umwelt model and theory developed by the Baltic German biologist Jakob von Uexküll …

The concept of Umwelt, in particular the interpretation originally developed by Jakob von
Uexküll, played an important role in the development of biological thought of the first half of …