Within-group cooperation (i.e., among closely related individuals), is to varying degrees observed among a significant number of animal species. However, peaceful encounters and cooperation between ...

Ants are social insects and the Solenopsis invicta species -- known as the fire ant -- is no exception. The social interactions of this invasive insect, which comes from South America, are framed ...

Andreagiovanni Reina receives funding from the Belgian F.R.S.-FNRS, of which he is a Chargé de Recherches. He is affiliated with IRIDIA, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies on Artificial ...

New method to study the movement, behaviour, and environmental context of group-living animals using drones and computer vision. A drone is flying over a herd of plains zebras in central Kenya. It is ...

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