AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethology is the scientific study of non-human animal behavior, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait.

Detailed explanation-2: -ethology, the study of animal behaviour.

Detailed explanation-3: -The origins of the scientific study of animal behaviour lie in the works of various European thinkers of the 17th to 19th centuries, such as British naturalists John Ray and Charles Darwin and French naturalist Charles LeRoy.

Detailed explanation-4: -No, ethology is not the same as zoology, but it is a part of the field of zoology. Ethology is the study of animal behavior. As animal behavior is one aspect of the large field of zoology, the study of animals, all ethologists are a type of zoologist, but not all zoologists are ethologists.

Detailed explanation-5: -ethol·o·gy ē-ˈthä-lə-jē : a branch of knowledge dealing with human character and with its formation and evolution. : the scientific and objective study of animal behavior especially under natural conditions. ethological.