Human‐bear conflicts cause annoyance, financial losses, injuries, and even death to
people. In poorer parts of the world, conflicts with bears can affect local economies …

Recent work in animal cognition has focused on how animals respond to new or changing
environments. Although many species are currently in decline, other species are thriving in …

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 …

Animal welfare (sometimes termed “well‐being”) is about feelings–states such as “suffering”
or “contentment” that we can infer but cannot measure directly. Welfare indices have been …

Covering: 1950 to 2015 We compiled a data set of the compounds that terrestrial vertebrates
(amniotes) use to send chemical signals, and searched for relationships between signal …

Species-specific aesthetics is an important consideration for interaction designers working
with animals. The paper explores the concept of species-specific aesthetics with particular …

Complementary studies of wild and zoo-housed animals offer insight into behavioral
variation across a range of conditions including the context under which various behaviors …

The relevance of chemical communication to mammalian conservation is not often the focus
of scientific investigation. Our review identifies and discusses ten key areas in which the …

Simple Summary Among all taxa, messages transmitted via chemical signals are the oldest
and most universal. For Asian and African elephants, odors convey information between …

Despite the ubiquity of odours in mammals, few studies have documented the natural
olfactory abilities of many 'non-model'species such as the Asian elephant. As Asian …