Animals engage in a variety of behaviors throughout their lives. This program explores animal behavior and gives special attention to specific types of behaviors, such as obtaining food, avoiding predators, and finding a mate. Vivid footage filmed in various locations around the world, including the Florida Everglades, Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, Canadian Rockies, and the coast of Maine, captures the behavior of animals in their natural environments. Additional concepts and terminology explored in this video include: stimulus, response, instinctive behavior, learned behavior, migration, seasonal behavior, courtship behavior, survival behavior, social behavior, and communication.

Originally released by Visual Learning, 2008. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 18, 2015. Teacher's guide available under Additional info tag.

What is Behavior? (1:46); --Why Behavior is Important (2:03); -- Instinctive and Learned Behavior (2:02); -- Survival Behavior (1:22); -- Communication and Social Behaviors (1:28); -- Courtship Behavior (0:45); -- Seasonal Behaviors (1:21); -- Summing Up (0:57); -- Video Assessment (1:39); -- Credits: Animal Behavior (0:44); -- Animal Behavior (10:48); .