Humans care about having a positive reputation, which may prompt them to help in
scenarios where the return benefits are not obvious. Various game-theoretical models …

Mobbing is an important anti-predator behavior where prey harass and attack a predator to
lower the immediate and long-term risk posed by it, warn others, and communicate about the …

Patterns of primate socioecology have been used to suggest that the first truly savanna-
dwelling hominin, Homo ergaster, lived in sizeable groups. Here, we revisit these estimates …

In species in which adults of the two sexes show long‐term association, males often engage
in acts of assistance (“services”) aimed at females and/or their young in various behavioural …

Many species approach predators to harass and drive them away, even though mobbing a
predator can be deadly. However, not all species display this behavior, and those that do …

Like many predatory species, humans have pronounced individual differences in their
interactions with potential prey: some humans pose a lethal threat while others may provide …

When they detect a predator, many birds exhibit mobbing behaviour and produce mobbing
calls that quickly draw other prey against the predator. This anti-predator strategy often …

Mobbing is a widespread, vocally coordinated behaviour where species approach and
harass a threat. The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) is a notorious native Australian …

Territorial aggression in birds is widely observed and is commonly linked to sex, age, body
size, physiology, seasonal cues, food resource, urbanization, and a variety of social contexts …

This SpringerBrief answers the question on how birds recognize their predators using
multidisciplinary approaches and outlines paths of the future research of predator …