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Yet studies show that flat-faced dogs possess “kindchenschema” or “baby schema,” a term coined by ethologist Konrad Lorenz to describe infantile features that elicit caregiving reactions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

“For decades there has been a debate about whether animals are capable of such a level of abstraction,” said study leader Marianna Boros, a neuroscientist and ethologist at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2024

Elodie Briefer, an ethologist at the University of Copenhagen, says it can take up to a month for sheep to participate in her studies of emotion.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

In 1989, when elephant ethologist Joyce Poole began carrying out surveys of three East African elephant populations to understand the impact that heavy poaching was having on them, she quickly noted several stark trends.

From Scientific American • Oct. 21, 2021

Others, like Niko Tinbergen, another very famous early ethologist, do experiments out in the place where the animals live.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall