Frontiers in Ethology | Behavioral Development and Play section | New and Recent Articles https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ethology/sections/behavioral-development-and-play RSS Feed for Behavioral Development and Play section in the Frontiers in Ethology journal | New and Recent Articles en-us Frontiers Feed Generator,version:1 2026-05-15T14:29:23.437+00:00 60 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2025.1693993 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2025.1693993 <![CDATA[Editorial: Ethology today: learning from the past, mapping the future]]> 2025-09-19T00:00:00Z Editorial Augusto VitaleGiada CordoniSergio Marcello Pellis https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2025.1539103 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2025.1539103 <![CDATA[Street smarts: a remarkable adaptation in a city-wintering raptor]]> 2025-05-23T00:00:00Z Original Research Vladimir Dinets https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1458136 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1458136 <![CDATA[Effect of social play deprivation on stress sensitivity in response to social and non-social challenges]]> 2024-12-13T00:00:00Z Original Research E. J. Marijke AchterbergJose G. Lozeman-van ‘t KloosterTara C. PimentelAnastasija AleksićJudith C. M. J. HendriksSanne NijhofC. Kors van der EntHeidi M. B. Lesscher https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1403082 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1403082 <![CDATA[The effects of play stimulation on cognitive capacities of chickens]]> 2024-06-24T00:00:00Z Original Research Claudia ZeiträgPer Jensen https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1410334 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1410334 <![CDATA[Disruption of social play influences development of caution in juvenile ground squirrels]]> 2024-06-20T00:00:00Z Original Research William J. RyanMarcello B. KuanScott Nunes https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1392378 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1392378 <![CDATA[Male chicks play more than females – sex differences in chicken play ontogeny]]> 2024-05-02T00:00:00Z Original Research Rebecca OscarssonPer Jensen https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1362052 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1362052 <![CDATA[Play fighting revisited: its design features and how they shape our understanding of its mechanisms and functions]]> 2024-04-22T00:00:00Z Review Sergio M. PellisVivien C. PellisJackson R. Ham https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2023.1219977 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2023.1219977 <![CDATA[A large-scale study on the nocturnal behavior of African ungulates in zoos and its influencing factors]]> 2023-07-31T00:00:00Z Original Research Jennifer GübertMax Hahn-KlimrothPaul W. Dierkes