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Rehomed dogs recover and can build very strong bonds with their new owners is the conclusion of our latest publication in Frontiers.

What guides the many facets of how animals behave? How has it changed during domestication, and what does it tell us about their welfare? Focusing on chickens and dogs, we tackle such questions using ethology, genetics and epigenetics.

Professor Per Jensen really enjoys his work with students. He always finds a place for them to be included in different projects, especially the master students.

What do animals do? What do they think? Do they have feelings? These are questions that have fascinated people through the ages and represent a field of research of their own. In ethology, Linköping professor Per Jensen is one of the leading figures.

Researchers from LiU suggest a process by which the timid junglefowl from the rain forest could have become today’s domesticated chicken.