Jennifer Verdolin

Associate Professor of Practice, Natural Resources and the Environment | Member of the Graduate Faculty

About

Dr. Jennifer Verdolin (@realdrjen) is an internationally recognized animal behavior expert, writer, and radio personality. She is the author of Raised by Animals and other books.

Research Area

animal behavior, ecology, animal communication, social behavior, ethology, population dynamics, predator-prey interactions, wildlife management, shyness, behavioral variability

Recent

Snake herders: novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes

2024

animal behavior, predator-prey interactions, ecology, conservation, wildlife management

Snake Herders: Novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes.

2023

animal behavior, predator-prey interactions, conservation biology, ecology, wildlife management

Much Like Us: What Science Reveals about the Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviour of Animals, A Review.

2023

animal behavior, cognitive science, animal emotions, ethology, animal communication

Snake Herders: Novel cultural adaptation in response to prairie rattlesnakes in a local population of Black-tailed prairie dogs

2022

cultural adaptation, snake behavior, ecosystem response, population dynamics, wildlife interaction

Resource availability influences global social network properties in Gunnison’s prairie dogs Cynomys gunnisoni)

2021

behavioral ecology, animal communication, social network analysis, population dynamics, ecosystem management

Girls can do that, too! First audio confirmation of female ring-tailed lemurs Lemur catta) howling.

2020

animal behavior, primate communication, gender equality, vocalization, species research

Behavioral markers of stress in separated captive female and male ring-tailed lemurs Lemur catta)

2019

animal behavior, stress response, lemur research, captive animals, gender differences

Raised by animals: The surprising new science of animal family dynamics

2017

animal behavior, family dynamics, animal communication, ethology, parenting behavior

Affinità bestiali: Le relazioni umane spiegate attraverso il corteggiamento animale

2016

animal behavior, social relationships, communication, evolution, psychology

Infectious disease and grousize: more than just a numbers game

2015

infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health, social behavior, mathematical modeling

Natural Resources Management Practices
Principles of Ecotourism
Conservation of Natural Environments
Wildlife, Conservation, and Culture
Sustainable Earth: Natural Resources and the Environment

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Jennifer Verdolin

About

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Publications(29)

Snake herders: novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes

Snake Herders: Novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes.

Much Like Us: What Science Reveals about the Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviour of Animals, A Review.

Snake Herders: Novel cultural adaptation in response to prairie rattlesnakes in a local population of Black-tailed prairie dogs

Resource availability influences global social network properties in Gunnison’s prairie dogs Cynomys gunnisoni)

Girls can do that, too! First audio confirmation of female ring-tailed lemurs Lemur catta) howling.

Behavioral markers of stress in separated captive female and male ring-tailed lemurs Lemur catta)

Raised by animals: The surprising new science of animal family dynamics

Affinità bestiali: Le relazioni umane spiegate attraverso il corteggiamento animale

Infectious disease and grousize: more than just a numbers game

Collaborations(2)

Ellen Bledsoe

Leigh Combrink

News(3)

UArizona named No. 1 producer of Fulbright Scholars

Who's Been Kissing Who? Prairie Dog 'Greet Kisses' Reveal Complex Social Networks

Female Lemurs Play It Safe, Live Longer, Study Suggests

Courses(10)

Natural Resources Management Practices

Principles of Ecotourism

Conservation of Natural Environments

Wildlife, Conservation, and Culture

Sustainable Earth: Natural Resources and the Environment