MADISON -- Beyond the lineage of primates, according to scientific gospel, social behavior is dictated primarily by competition for resources such as food, territory and reproduction. That may well be ...

Figure 1: Prey assemblages used in the detectability experiment. Figure 3: Observed and expected mortality of unpalatable prey as the proportion of unpalatable items from all prey that were eaten. All ...

Researchers describe neural mechanisms for gregariousness and monogamy in zebra finches in a new article. How do gregarious songbirds such as zebra finches, where both males and females live in close ...

Among the various species that form mixed-species bird flocks, "nuclear species" are thought to be important in flock formation and maintaining flock cohesion. Such nuclear species have been noted to ...

“To be gregarious within proper limits tends to health and sanity, to good nature and charity. … but this much may be affirmed: every man’s life should have a background of solitude; there should be ...