altruism

Parrots aid each other in getting food from a researcher.

While wiping fear from our brains may seem attractive, the emotion is an essential part of our behavioral repertoire.

Researcher Abigail Marsh tells the tale of her very personal brush with extreme altruism.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Using GPS trackers, researchers demonstrate an energy-saving flight strategy for migratory birds.

Touch, The Altruistic Brain, Is Shame Necessary?, and Future Arctic

Does Altruism Exist?, Ancestors in Our Genome, Fred Sanger—Double Nobel Laureate, and Stiffs, Skulls & Skeletons

Your Atomic Self, Eureka!, A Talent for Friendship, and Undeniable

Venom-based drugs for pain; microbes in the deep ocean; altruistic, suicidal bacteria; a call for open access; clinical sequencing; the newest genomes

Researchers show that a bacterium’s self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Older termites build up backpacks of toxic material that they can unleash on their enemies by bursting their bodies.

Exposing the life and work of a visionary and troubled scientist opens a window onto the evolution of altruism.

In Chapter 13, "Altruism," author Oren Harman discusses how George Price's and John Maynard Smith's 1973 formulation of evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) meshes with examples of altruism in nature.