social behavior

A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, personal space is essential to prevent societal collapse.

These social animals keep tabs on aggressive members of the group and groom them less after fights to punish them.

Researchers who study the phenomenon in humans should incorporate subjective experiences into data on love.

It was the first time a bird has removed a tracking device, and the second time a bird species showed cooperative “rescue” behavior.

The practice, which hasn’t been previously observed among nonhuman animals, may be a display of empathy. 

The transcription factor can also drive the opposite transition depending on which hormone activates it, according to a new study.

In both a mouse model and the hospital records of more than 3 million children, researchers found a connection between strong immune activation in males and later symptoms of autism spectrum disorder.

A group of self-styled screamologists are sifting through the noisiness of nonverbal human vocalizations and finding previously undemonstrated forms of communication.

A 12-year study shows variation among primate groups in how the animals clasp hands during grooming, but consistency within them, even as group membership shifts over time.

Researchers find that the animals can account for others’ behavior and circumstances in their strategies.

Chirp dialects appear to be enforced by the colony’s queen, but scientists aren’t sure how. 

Recent research shows that the insect’s microbial community is central to protecting the hive from invaders—both big and small.

Their ability to distinguish between individuals is strong evidence for fast mapping, a learning tool generally thought to belong only to humans.

Rescue teams are working to save the whales that are still alive and develop a strategy to remove the dead in the Australian state’s largest stranding event to date.

Parrots aid each other in getting food from a researcher.

Researchers found that people who spend more time outdoors also spend more time being active and socializing, but it probably doesn’t account for all of the health boost associated with green spaces.

A study in mice suggests serotonin release underlies the drug’s prosocial effects while dopamine mediates the rewarding properties that drive its potential for abuse.

Bats that share food with their hungry cage-mates stay close after being released.

Interspecies adoptions are rare, but it’s not the first time this population of dolphins in French Polynesia has attempted it.