ethology
noun
ethol·o·gy
ē-ˈthä-lə-jē 
1
: a branch of knowledge dealing with human character and with its formation and evolution
2
: the scientific and objective study of animal behavior especially under natural conditions
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Research professor Daniel Kruger with the University of Michigan and University at Buffalo works with ethology, the study of human behavior through a biological lens.
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Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Starting in 1961, Goodall returned periodically to Cambridge for what became four years of doctoral studies in ethology.
—Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Nowadays in my field of science, ethology, there is a lot of discussion about the survival of the friendliest.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
These are issues which bubble up at the intersection of ethology and evolution.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2011
History, ethnography, ethology, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, physiology, and epidemiology, all receive attention, to name just a few of the more prominent lenses which the author fits over the course of the narrative.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2011
Melissa Bateson, a professor of ethology at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, has studied ways to communicate with animals and consulted with Cronin.
—Lorna Collier, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2016
This, the squishy and contentious realm of comparative psychology and cognitive ethology, asks such questions as: Do dogs experience jealousy?
—Sadie Dingfelder, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
Until the publication of the first modern ethology textbook (The Study of Instinct, by Nikolaas Tinbergen) in 1951, however, field work wasn’t an important part of zoology.
—Stephen Armstrong, Wired, 2 Dec. 2021
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Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Starting in 1961, Goodall returned periodically to Cambridge for what became four years of doctoral studies in ethology.
—Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Nowadays in my field of science, ethology, there is a lot of discussion about the survival of the friendliest.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
These are issues which bubble up at the intersection of ethology and evolution.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2011
History, ethnography, ethology, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, physiology, and epidemiology, all receive attention, to name just a few of the more prominent lenses which the author fits over the course of the narrative.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2011
Melissa Bateson, a professor of ethology at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, has studied ways to communicate with animals and consulted with Cronin.
—Lorna Collier, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2016
This, the squishy and contentious realm of comparative psychology and cognitive ethology, asks such questions as: Do dogs experience jealousy?
—Sadie Dingfelder, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
Until the publication of the first modern ethology textbook (The Study of Instinct, by Nikolaas Tinbergen) in 1951, however, field work wasn’t an important part of zoology.
—Stephen Armstrong, Wired, 2 Dec. 2021
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“Ethology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethology. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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ethology
noun
ethol·o·gy
ē-ˈthäl-ə-jē
: the scientific study of animal behavior
Medical Definition
ethology
noun
ethol·o·gy
ē-ˈthäl-ə-jē
plural ethologies
: the scientific and objective study of animal behavior especially under natural conditions
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