In recent years, the noninvasive monitoring of steroid hormone metabolites in feces of
mammals and droppings of birds has become an increasingly popular technique. It offers …

The zoo scientific community was among the first to focus attention on captivity‐induced
stereotypic behaviors, their causes, and methods of eradication. Environmental enrichment …

In graduate school at the University of California at Davis, I had the good fortune to work in a
research lab in developmental psychobiology investigating the consequences of social …

During the past two decades, techniques for faecal steroid analysis have been developed
and have been used for research with mammalian, bird and, to a lesser extent, reptile …

The advent of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and embryo transfer in the 1970s led to speculation
about the potential value of these and other 'reproductive technologies' to conserving …

Zoo Biology 24: 215–232 (2005) c 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc. that were kept together every day.
For white rhinos, significantly lower mean corticoids were found for individuals that rated …

The papers that follow in this special issue reflect the state of knowledge and theory in the
fields of animal welfare and conservation behavior. A particular focus is placed on how …

Many felid species are endangered because of destructive human activities. As a result,
zoos are being tasked with sustaining genetically healthy populations in case of catastrophic …

The natural world is marked by an ever-increasing loss of varied habitats, a growing number
of species extinctions, and a full range of new kinds of dilemmas posed by global warming …

Animal welfare and conservation breeding have overlapping and compatible goals that are
occasionally divergent. Efforts to improve enclosures, provide enriching experiences, and …