Animal communication is often imagined as something that happens within a species: birds calling to birds, monkeys warning monkeys, wolves signalling to wolves. But nature is more connected than that.

When biologists study cooperation in animals, they usually offer just a single task at a time. But what happens when animals can choose among several opportunities to work together? Biologists at ...

Last Friday, as I was competing a draft of this essay, I was asked to comment on the notion of trust among nonhuman animals (animals). This request couldn't have come at a better time because I was ...

Cooperation is a pillar of human society, promoting an exchange of skills and knowledge between different individuals and social groups. Humans typically do not only cooperate with their own family, ...

Two landmark studies of a rare sperm whale birth observation in the Caribbean are reshaping scientists’ understanding of cooperation in the animal kingdom, revealing that whales in unrelated family ...

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 -- ...

The celebration brought together, at its facilities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian authorities, public and animal health institutions, and professionals who contributed to the history of the PAHO Center ...

When only one cooperation device was available, almost all cooperation took place between two young males (left). When three or five devices were offered, cooperation became much more evenly ...