Culture can be defined as "all group-typical behavior patterns, shared by members of animal communities, that are to some degree reliant on socially learned and transmitted information".
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Though the idea of 'culture' in other animals has only been around for just over half of a century, scientists have been noting See more

The beginning of the modern era of animal culture research in the middle of the 20th century came with the gradual acceptance of the term "culture" … See more

Notable research has been done with black rats and Norwegian rats. Among studies of rat culture, the most widely discussed research is that performed by Joseph Terkel in … See more

Cultural transmission, also known as cultural learning, is the process and method of passing on socially learned information. Within a … See more

Second only to non-human primates, culture in species within the order Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, has been studied for numerous years. In these … See more

Birds have been a strong study subject on the topic of culture due to their observed vocal "dialects" similar to those studied in the cetaceans. These dialects were first discovered by zoologist See more