0 the scientific study of the behaviour of animals in their natural environment:
The documentary was about ethology, the study of animal behaviour, and about Konrad Lorenz, one of the field's founders.
The discovery and translation of the bee's "dance" is one of the great achievements of modern ethology.
She writes about the practice of ethology, allowing scientists to study animal behaviour by observing them in natural settings, as opposed to conducting controlled experiments in laboratories.
Scientists worldwide seek out his publications on the ethology of deep-sea creatures.
He was a key figure in developing ethology using field observation of animals such as honey bees, combined with ingenious experiments.
The science of animal communication combines semiotics and ethology.
Arbitrary learning in a single trial is common in ethology.
In the end we must learn from ethology and seek to relate our studies to observation of the natural behaviors of animals (and ourselves).
From zoology and ethology, we know that this behaviour is quite stereotyped and its variability is inscribed within known limits.
Today ethology presents a varied and contradictory face.
