
Social Animals Seek Power in Surprisingly Complex Ways
It’s not just physical combat—animals have a host of strategies for building clout
It’s not just physical combat—animals have a host of strategies for building clout
To test ideas of animal domestication, a bold experiment in Siberia put evolution on a fast track
In a wide variety of species, who befriends whom strongly influences how individuals and the larger group behave
In his new book, Lee Alan Dugatkin tells the tale of one of the world's first modern international celebrities, whose writings shared the common thread of a scientific law of mutual aid, which guided the evolution of all life on Earth...
Females often prefer to mate with the most flamboyant males. Their choice may be based on a complex interaction between instinct and imitation
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