Epidemiological studies worldwide have reported a high prevalence and a great diversity of
Bartonella species, both in rodents and their flea parasites. The interaction among …

The general belief that cooperation and altruism in social groups result primarily from kin
selection has recently been challenged, not least because results from cooperatively …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

SARS-CoV-2 is currently considered to have emerged from a bat coronavirus reservoir.
However, the real natural cycle of this virus remains to be elucidated. Moreover, the COVID …

Comforting is a crucial form of prosocial behavior that is important for maintaining social
unity and improving the physical and emotional well-being of social species. It is often …

Mechanosensory neurons that innervate the tongue provide essential information to guide
feeding, speech, and social grooming. We use in vivo calcium imaging of mouse trigeminal …

Evidence for long-term cooperative relationships comes from several social birds and
mammals. Vampire bats demonstrate cooperative social bonds, and like primates, they …

The parcelling model of reciprocity predicts that grooming partners will alternate between
giving and receiving grooming within grooming bouts, and that each partner will perform …

Parasites can be detrimental to the health, longevity, and reproduction of their hosts, but
these costs are rarely quantified in nature. We removed ectoparasites and endoparasites …

Understanding cooperation between unrelated individuals remains a central problem in
animal behaviour; evolutionary mechanisms are debated, and the importance of reciprocity …