Videos showing various aspects of social grooming. Social grooming is conspicuous in group-living mammals. Bats are gregarious and may groom each other, but the motivation for such social behaviour re
Videos of social groups 2 females and 1 male adult Japanese quail 48 hours (day3) after they had been housed in a novel test apparatus. A total of twelve social groups were tested, named box 1 - 12.
1. Cooperatively breeding species are typically long lived and hence, according to theory, are expected to maximize their lifetime reproductive success through maximizing survival. Under these circums
Navigating social relationships frequently rests on the ability to recognize familiar individuals using phenotypic characteristics. Across diverse taxa, animals vary in their capacities for social rec
Specialized signals emitted by competing males often convey honest information about fighting ability. It is generally believed that receivers use these signals to directly assess their opponents. Her