Illustrated book on animal behavior

March 2, 2016 6:25 PM

I'm trying to find books that are very illustrated but still have boatloads of behavior on the study of animals and animal behavior.

They could be on one animal or different types. An example is The Dog Encyclopedia as the kind of layout I would like the books to be. Looking for an adult who is more of a visual learner than likes reading straight up text.

posted by daninnj to Pets & Animals (5 answers total)

The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior is thoroughly and wonderfully illustrated.
posted by otio at 6:54 PM on March 2, 2016

I adore The Unfeathered Bird and wish I'd thought of it first.
posted by vegartanipla at 8:55 PM on March 2, 2016

Time Life Nature Library: Animal Behavior by Niko Tindbergen is kinda old-school but I like it.
posted by ovvl at 6:13 PM on March 3, 2016

This one might be the same as the one ovvl posted, maybe just a different edition... LIFE Young Readers Library: Animal Behavior, but this book was so influential to me as a child. It got me into the study of animal behavior... now I'm an adult who studies animal behavior, and I still love showing people this book.

I also really like Mad About Monkeys, beautiful illustrations and lots of neat info about monkeys.
posted by illenion at 5:44 AM on March 5, 2016

You might try Animal Life: Secrets of the Animal World Revealed. It's from the same publisher as The Dog Encyclopedia you mentioned (DK) and most everything they do is similarly formatted. A starred Booklist review says it's not solely, but mostly, about animal behavior. The link is to the paperback edition, a somewhat larger-sized hardback edition is evidently out of print, but probably available used or from your public library.
posted by ClingClang at 2:22 PM on March 5, 2016