In the past few decades, there has been an increase in the number of zoo‐based
touchscreen studies of animal cognition around the world. Such studies have contributed to …

Increasingly, human activities, including those aimed at conserving species and ecosystems
(conservation activities) influence not only the survival and fitness but also the welfare of …

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 …

Building upon the success of the Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science and completing
Volumes I and II of the Second Edition, Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Second …

Simple Summary To retain social license to operate, achieving and maintaining high
standards of animal welfare need to be institutional priorities for zoos. In order to be …

Behavioural research in zoos is commonplace and is used in the diagnosis and treatment of
potential husbandry and management challenges. Robust methods that allow valid data …

Multiple studies have shown that human disturbance can have negative impacts on wild
penguin populations. Penguins in zoos may also be susceptible to negative impacts from …

In their seminal paper on environmental enrichment, Mellen and MacPhee (2001) proposed
a set of broad goals for enrichment in zoological settings, as well as a framework for …

Abstract Post Occupancy Evaluation is a powerful assessment tool for zoo enclosure design,
which incorporates animal enclosure use as a key component. Many authors suggest that …

The sound environment of a zoo animal is a complex milieu of animal and human‐
generated sounds; coming from the species itself, other species, visitors, keepers and other …