Given my keen interest in the social behavior of nonhuman animals (animals), especially the importance of cooperation and empathy in how they build societies rather than competitive and divisive ...

Why do most of us work together for the common good, even when it might personally benefit us more to cheat? Is it because we fear we would be punished for not following the rules? Because we have ...

Biologist Ashley Ward has spent his career fascinated by how animals socialize. Now, in a new book, he’s sharing what he learned about mingling in the animal kingdom with the rest of the world. This ...

In a type of relationship known as mutualism, two different species benefit from one another through cooperation. While some animals live solitary lives, many rely on partnerships that improve their ...

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, ...

In animal societies, cooperation is one factor that makes all the difference between survival and non-survival. Animals share meals, raise alarms at threats, and take turns caring for young, and for a ...

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 ...

The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World by Nichola Raihani St. Martin’s Press, 2021 ($29.99) Society is built on a foundation of cooperation, with lessons on its importance starting as ...

At Cambridge University Library, along with all the books, maps and manuscripts, there’s a child’s drawing that curators have titled “The Battle of the Fruit and Vegetable Soldiers.” The drawing ...