Animals bred in captivity or isolated from predators often suffer high rates of predation when
translocated, having not learned to recognise or respond appropriately to predators. As a …

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 …

There has long been a fundamental divide in the study of cooperation: researchers focus
either on cooperation within species, including but not limited to sociality, or else on …

Distraction displays are conspicuous behaviours functioning to distract a predator's attention
away from the displayer's nest or young, thereby reducing the chance of offspring being …

When facing a predator, animals need to perform an appropriate antipredator behavior such
as escaping or mobbing to prevent predation. Many bird species exhibit distinct mobbing …

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 …

The evolution of predator–prey relationships is an important topic in primatology. Many
aspects of primate society have been explained as a response to predation pressure. While …

Highlights•Compositional syntax is a critical feature of human language.•Experiments show
that it has also evolved in Japanese tits, a songbird.•We suggest a hypothesis to explain the …

Many species approach predators to harass them and drive them away. Both the intensity of
this antipredator strategy and its success are positively related to the size of the group that …

Many group-living individuals produce specific vocalizations while mobbing (when
individuals move toward and harass a predator), a behavior that can recruit conspecifics …