Completely updated, revised and redesigned in colour throughout, this classic bestselling text provides a concise introduction to the fundamentals of animal behaviour. It covers genetics, physiology, motivations, learning and cognition, through to social and reproductive behaviours, abnormal behaviour and human-animal interactions.

Contributions by: Anna Valros, Georgia Mason, Michael Mendl, Daniel M Weary, Susan Held, Hanne Løvlie, Linda Keeling, Susanne Waiblinger, Joy A Mench, Daniel S Mills, Cassandra Tucker, Cathy M Dwyer, Marek Spinka, Deborah Wells, John W S Bradshaw, Anne-Lene Hovland, Hanno Würbel