Tourism can be deleterious for wildlife because it triggers behavioral changes in individuals
with cascading effects on populations and communities. Among these behavioral changes …

Interest in individual differences in animal behavioural plasticities has surged in recent
years, but research in this area has been hampered by semantic confusion as different …

Highlights•The idea that animals may habituate to benign stimuli is an old idea.•Habituation
to human stimuli is important for wildlife conservation/management.•I review generalizations …

The notion that men are more variable than women has become embedded into scientific
thinking. For mental traits like personality, greater male variability has been partly attributed …

How individuals interact with their environment and respond to changes is a key area of
research in evolutionary biology. A physiological parameter that provides an instant proxy …

Penguins, among the most delightful creatures in the world, are also among the most
vulnerable. The fragile status of most penguin populations today mirrors the troubled …

There is growing evidence that individuals within populations show consistent differences in
their behaviour across contexts (personality), and that personality is associated with the …

Animals living in urbanized habitats often show reduced fear responses to humans
compared with their rural conspecifics. This is usually assumed to be the result of …

Humans have a profound effect on the planet's ecosystems, and unprecedented rates of
human population growth and urbanization have brought wild animals into increasing …

Penguins face a wide range of threats. Most observed population changes have been
negative and have happened over the last 60 years. Today, populations of 11 penguin …