The effects of anthropogenic noise on frogs housed on exhibit at a public aquarium

Authors: Colette Angel, Michael Romano, Charles R. Knapp

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustics, conservation, Dentrobatidae, vocalization, zoo

2024

Play That Trunky Music: Development of an Auditory Enrichment Device for Elephants in Zoos

Authors: Arianna Mastali, Benjamin Mayo, Charles Ramey, Nate Elgart, Kirby Miller, Melody Jackson

Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction

Keywords: african elephant, auditory enrichment, loxodonta africana

2024

Welfare and Enrichment of Managed Nocturnal Species, Supported by Technology

Authors: Fiona French, Paige Bwye, Laura Carrigan, Jon Charles Coe, Robert Kelly, Tiff Leek, Emily C. Lynch, Eric Mahan, Cathy Mingee

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal-computer-interaction, armadillo, aye-aye, bushbaby, collaborative design, coral, environmental enrichment, nocturnal, potto, vampire bat

2024

Animal welfare research is fascinating, ethical, and useful—but how can it be more rigorous?

Authors: Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: BMC Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, evidence-based animal care, welfare science

2023

Assessing Negative Welfare Measures for Wild Invertebrates: The Case for Octopuses

Authors: Michaella P. Andrade, Charles Morphy D. Santos, Mizziara M. M. De Paiva, Sylvia L. S. Medeiros, C. E. O’Brien, Françoise D. Lima, Janaina F. Machado, Tatiana S. Leite

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: body patterns, cephalopoda, field study, sentience

2023

Don’t use it? Don’t lose it! Why active use is not required for stimuli, resources or” enrichments” to have welfare value

Authors: Samuel Decker, J Michelle Lavery, Georgia J Mason

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2023

The Iconic Philippine Coral Reef at Steinhart Aquarium: The Husbandry, Welfare, Behavior, and Veterinary Care Considerations of a Large Multi-Taxa Living Coral Reef System

Authors: Lana Krol, Brenda Melton, J. Charles Delbeek, Freeland H. Dunker, Bart Shepherd

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic animal medicine, coral husbandry, coral reefs, public aquariums

2023

Interrupted Lives: Welfare Considerations in Wildlife Rehabilitation

Authors: Michelle Willette, Nicki Rosenhagen, Gail Buhl, Charles Innis, Jeff Boehm

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, clinical wildlife medicine, marine mammals, sea turtles, urban wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation

2023

Mirror, mirror on the wall… How tank material and the presence of “enrichments” affect competition and agonism in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Authors: J. Michelle Lavery, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, agonism, environmental enrichment, fish welfare, Zebrafish husbandry

2023

Visual and acoustic exploratory behaviors toward novel stimuli in Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) under human care

Authors: Aviva Charles, Yann Henaut, Michel Saint-Jalme, Baptiste Mulot, Alexis Lecu, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: auditory perception, manatee, physiology, social behavior, Trichechus manatus, visual perception, vocalization

2023