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Some animals are capable of cooperating with members of other species. An interdisciplinary team explores the cognitive underpinnings of such cross-species collaborations, opening up a new perspective ...

Utah’s wide-open country, like much of the plains and the West, was bison range for millennia. It sustained not only these ...

Reciprocal cooperation can be advantageous, but why it is more common in humans than in other social animals is a puzzle. A modelling and experimental study pinpoints the conditions needed for ...

Across forests, oceans and city edges, wild animals live under constant pressure from stronger rivals, scarce resources and ...

David Toomey is a board member of Science for the Public, a nonprofit involved with communicating science to wider audiences. At Cambridge University Library, along with all the books, maps and ...

Research identifies shared neural mechanisms behind cooperation in both biological brains and artificial intelligence systems. At a time when conflict and division dominate the headlines, a new study ...

Part I: Biological perspectives. The evolution of cooperation and altruism -- Competition and conflict in animals -- Animal communication -- Part II: Human social behaviour. Theory of voting -- ...