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Persistence in the North Pacific: The Makah People and Their Fight to Protect Their Cultural Heritage
Jeff Cocci
Jan 01, 0001
In the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of North America a whale swims blissfully unaware of its own significance. It is a Gray Whale; scientists would call it Eschrichtius robustus and at nearly forty feet long, it is large...
Makah people whaling Indigenous rights cultural identity environmental justice CONSERVATION Animal Studies Environmental Studies Ethics and Political Philosophy Indigenous Studies
Published by: Ursinus College
Seasonality of Social Behaviour Among Immature Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Managed Care
Belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas ) in managed care have been reported to show seasonal variation in socio-sexual behaviour, hormone levels and respiration rates; however, little is known about the social interactions of wild...
Juvenile behaviour sociality white whales socio-sexual behaviour agonistic behaviour affiliative behaviour Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Anti-Predator Behavior and Discriminative Abilities: Playback Experiments with Free-Ranging Equatorial Saki Monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis) in the Peruvian Amazon
Candace Stenzel
Jan 01, 0001
Anti-predator behaviors of free-ranging groups of equatorial saki monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis) were recorded in the Área de Conservación Regional Comunal Tamshiyacu Tahuayo in the Peruvian Amazon to determine whether...
Pithecia Playback experiments Predator recognition Animal Sciences Animal Studies Behavior and Ethology Biology Life Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences Zoology
Published by: Winthrop University
Do Pinnipeds Have Personality? Broad Dimensions and Contextual Consistency of Behavior in Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) and California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)
Personality has now been studied in species as diverse as chimpanzees and cuttlefish, but marine mammals remain vastly underrepresented in this area. A broad range of traits have been assessed only once in each of bottlenose...
Pinnipeds personality harbor seals Phoca vitulina California sea lions Zalophus californianus Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Out of the Mouth of Babes
Marine mammal behavior and cognition researchers often face a number of challenges, including the research subjects’ lack of interest and verbal abilities, as well as choosing a paradigm with appropriate stimuli for the...
Infant cognition Marine mammal cognition Cognition paradigms Dolphin cognition Marine mammal behavior Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Out of the Mouth of Babes
Marine mammal behavior and cognition researchers often face a number of challenges, including the research subjects’ lack of interest and verbal abilities, as well as choosing a paradigm with appropriate stimuli for the...
Infant cognition Marine mammal cognition Cognition paradigms Dolphin cognition Marine mammal behavior Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Killing Kindly: Applying Jens Timmermann's Kantian Ethics of Animal Welfare to the Modern System of Livestock Farming
Alexander Lowe
Jan 01, 0001
This essay seeks to contribute to this conversation in an ethically applicable way, addressing specifically the Kantian vein of animal welfare discussed by Dr. Jens Timmermann in his essay When the Tail Wags the Dog: Animal...
Kantian ethics animal welfare Jens Timmermann Pain sentient animals food living conditions Diet slaughter Animal Husbandry animal rights Animal Studies Ethics and Political Philosophy
Published by: Ursinus College
Inner Portraits
Bethany Salisbury
Jan 01, 0001
This paper investigates the many interconnected layers of women's mental health through portraiture and how animal and plant symbolism can represent the way women's hormones and bodily health affect their mental health. I reveal...
Arts based research art Printmaking resin resin art Sculpture portraiture portrait research methodology portrait research portrait portrait art Mental Health women's mental health mind body connection inner portraits animal art plant art plant symbolism animal symbolism animal symbols plant symbols self portrait life interviews screenprinting relief print resin sculpture women's art art analysis Art Therapy Animal Studies Art Practice Cognitive Science Gender and Sexuality Health Communication health psychology Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Other Psychology painting Printmaking Psychiatric and Mental Health Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies Sculpture Women's Studies
Published by: Winthrop University
Conservation of the Antillean Manatee in Mexico
Xylia R Serafy
Jan 01, 0001
The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is a marine mammal that inhabits the Atlantic coast ranging from the Gulf Coast of North America through Central America to northern South America. This species inhabits coastal...
Published by: Ursinus College
The Abundance, Geographical Distribution and Habitat Use of an Introduced Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) Population in Southwest Puerto Rico
Magaly Massanet
Jan 01, 0001
The southwest portion of Puerto Rico is home to introduced free-ranging populations of patas (Erythrocebus patas) and rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) monkeys. The rhesus macaque population originated from a colony established in...
Puerto Rico Patas monkeys Introduced primate populations Introduced Species Primate habitat use Animal Studies Biology
Published by: Winthrop University
Furs: Functionality, Fashion, and Franchise
Jenna Q Detweiler
Jan 01, 0001
Animal furs have been used in various manners through human history. Early humans cut crude shawls for warmth, and with the development of tools such as needles, closer-fitting clothing such as fur pants became possible. As time...
fur industry luxury Helsinki Finland Economics PETA fur trade Animal Studies Economics Environmental Sciences Social and Cultural Anthropology
Published by: Ursinus College
Do Pinnipeds Have Personality? Broad Dimensions and Contextual Consistency of Behavior in Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) and California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)
Personality has now been studied in species as diverse as chimpanzees and cuttlefish, but marine mammals remain vastly underrepresented in this area. A broad range of traits have been assessed only once in each of bottlenose...
Pinnipeds personality harbor seals Phoca vitulina California sea lions Zalophus californianus Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Characterizing Curiosity-related Behavior in Bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and Rough-toothed (Steno bredanensis) Dolphins
Dolphins are frequently described as curious animals; however, there have been few systematic investigations of how dolphins behave when they are curious and the extent to which individual differences in curiosity exist in...
Dolphin behavior curiosity Bottlenose dolphins Rough-toothed Dolphins Tursiops truncatus Steno bredanensis Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Seasonality of Social Behaviour Among Immature Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Managed Care
Belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas ) in managed care have been reported to show seasonal variation in socio-sexual behaviour, hormone levels and respiration rates; however, little is known about the social interactions of wild...
Juvenile behaviour; sociality; white whales; socio-sexual behaviour; agonistic behaviour; affiliative behaviour Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Characterizing Curiosity-related Behavior in Bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and Rough-toothed (Steno bredanensis) Dolphins
Dolphins are frequently described as curious animals; however, there have been few systematic investigations of how dolphins behave when they are curious and the extent to which individual differences in curiosity exist in...
Dolphin behavior curiosity Bottlenose dolphins Rough-toothed Dolphins Tursiops truncatus Steno bredanensis Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Recent trends in children's literature research
Twenty-first-century children's literature research has witnessed a material turn in strong response to the 1990s perception of childhood and the fictional child as social constructions. Cultural theories have generated...
M Nikolajeva
Sep 16, 2016
Do Pinnipeds Have Personality? Broad Dimensions and Contextual Consistency of Behavior in Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) and California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)
Personality has now been studied in species as diverse as chimpanzees and cuttlefish, but marine mammals remain vastly underrepresented in this area. A broad range of traits have been assessed only once in each of bottlenose...
Pinnipeds personality harbor seals Phoca vitulina California sea lions Zalophus californianus Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Medical Testing on Animals
We will be investigating and researching undergraduate students' opinions on animal use in medical testing. (Class Project)
Published by: Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Out of the Mouth of Babes
Marine mammal behavior and cognition researchers often face a number of challenges, including the research subjects’ lack of interest and verbal abilities, as well as choosing a paradigm with appropriate stimuli for the...
Infant cognition Marine mammal cognition Cognition paradigms Dolphin cognition Marine mammal behavior Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Characterizing Curiosity-related Behavior in Bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and Rough-toothed (Steno bredanensis) Dolphins
Dolphins are frequently described as curious animals; however, there have been few systematic investigations of how dolphins behave when they are curious and the extent to which individual differences in curiosity exist in...
Dolphin behavior curiosity Bottlenose dolphins Rough-toothed Dolphins Tursiops truncatus Steno bredanensis Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Seasonality of Social Behaviour Among Immature Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Managed Care
Belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas ) in managed care have been reported to show seasonal variation in socio-sexual behaviour, hormone levels and respiration rates; however, little is known about the social interactions of wild...
Juvenile behaviour sociality white whales socio-sexual behaviour agonistic behaviour affiliative behaviour Animal Studies Psychology
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio