animal behaviour

Latest research shows that, within large troops, baboons spend more time grooming those with similar dominance rank and boldness to themselves...

New research on a highly social fish shows that those reared in larger social groups from the earliest stage of life develop increased social skills...

Reporting back from her time spent in the Kalahari Desert, PhD student Kirsty MacLeod describes the fascinating life of a gang of meerkats that...

Like other social animals, baboons learn from each other about which foods are best to eat. Now, researchers at Cambridge have found that how well...

Evolutionary trick allows cuckoos to mimic the plumage of birds of prey, and may be used to scare mothers from their nests so that cuckoos can lay...

When different species of birds flock together, their flight formations are determined by social dynamics both between and within species.

Certain types of birds may track army ant swarms using sophisticated memory and the ability to plan for the future.

Mother birds communicate with their developing chicks before they even hatch by leaving them messages in the egg, new research by a team from the...