Ant colonies operate as tightly coordinated "superorganisms" with individual ants working together, much like the cells of a ...

Researchers at the Laboratoire d'Écologie at the University Pierre and Marie Curie (Ecole Normale Supérieure/CNRS) and the Royal Holloway College (London, United Kingdom) have just ...

Understanding how rodents feel and communicate emotions can shed light on the evolutionary origin and mechanisms of human empathy. With that goal, researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology in ...

Imagine a tiny ant, not yet fully grown, lying helpless inside its cocoon. It is vulnerable, immobile, and facing a deadly ...

Ant colonies act as one "super-organism" which works to ensure the survival of all, according to a team of scientists.

True altruism is rare behavior in animals, but a new study by Penn State researchers has found that honey bees display this trait. Additionally, they found that an evolutionary battle of genetics may ...

It’s generally a fool’s errand to try putting human labels on animal behavior, but it can be possible to define how “good” animals are in terms of their capacity to act selflessly to help others. This ...

If gut bacteria can sway their hosts to be selfless, it could answer a riddle that goes back to Darwin. Now researchers are beginning to explore whether parasitic manipulations may spur host behaviors ...

Ant colonies operate as tightly coordinated “superorganisms” with individual ants working together, much like the cells of a body, to ensure their collective health. Researchers at the Institute of ...