Science and dogs links

General scientific journals and websites

• AutumnGold Consulting: Published author Linda Case’s scientific articles on pets
• Cold Press Harbor Laboratory Press: Full text of selected scientific articles (Journal Editor’s selected articles)!
• Duke University Canine Cognition Center
• Elsevier
• Family Dog Project: Research group dedicated to the domestic dog
• Journal of experimental analysis of behaviour
• Oxford Journals – Behavioral Ecology: Selected articles are FREE in full-text
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Biology articles
• Physorg: Archieved library of a selection of FREE scientific articles.
• PLOS (Public Library of Science): Selection of FREE full-text scientific articles.
• Science
• Science Daily Dog news
• Taking the Lead: Technically not scientific, but extremely high quality information about all things dogs, from morphology to behaviour.

Animal-related scientific journals and websites

• Animal Cognition
• Anthrozoos
• Applied Animal Behaviour Science
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
• National Canine Research Council
• Journal of Veterinary Behavior
• The other end of the leash – Blog by behaviourist Patricia McConnell
• Veterinary journal
• Zoology

Individual articles

• Dog growls have deeper meaning – Experiment showing a dog’s different reaction to different growls.
• Epilepsy gene identified in dogs – BBC article
• Article on Belyaev foxes
• Are humans the only animals to keep pets? – A close look at monkeys (by Hal Herzog)
• Dominance in relation to age, sex, and competitive contexts in a group of free-ranging domestic dogs
• Dogs respond to tail wagging: Left and right tail waggers are greeted differently by other dogs
• Sniffing out cues to dogs’ compulsive behaviour

The theory

• Answers.com – Thorough, pointy search results from the great references in one place (Encyclopedia Britannica, specialist dictionaries, Wikipedia, yep I stand by it)
• Introduction to Ethology from the Encyclopedia Britannica - 120 pages of goodness!

Wild relatives

• Zimbabwe wild dogs – Blog about conservation of endangered wild dogs

Last updated June 2011