Animal offspring may survive better when their groups are in greater conflict with rival factions, research from the University of Bristol has shown for the first time.
Plants & Animals
Nov 14, 2023
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Strength in numbers and experienced individuals are both vital in mongoose warfare, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2022
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Management of within-group conflict is a key feature of human lives and those of many social animals, with contestants known to adopt various strategies in the immediate aftermath to minimize costs. The study, published today ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2021
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Under a concrete drainage culvert at the edge of a town in Botswana, a troop of banded mongoose is getting ready to leave its den. Moving from shade into light, the cat-sized animals scan the area for signs of danger and ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2021
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A fair society has evolved in banded mongooses because parents don't know which pups are their own, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2021
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When families of banded mongooses prepare to fight, they form battle lines.
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2020
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With outbreaks of infectious diseases making headlines around the world, scientists are under pressure to understand the drivers that influence the transmission of pathogens in order to better predict and control disease ...
Ecology
Mar 12, 2020
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The benefits of the 'silver spoon effect' in mongoose pups extend across their lifetime, a new study has shown.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2019
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Dwarf mongooses remember previous cooperative acts by their groupmates and reward them later, according to new work by University of Bristol researchers, published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2018
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Young mongooses learn lifelong habits from role models rather than inheriting them from genetic parents, new research shows.Banded mongooses live in social groups where pups are consistently cared for one-to-one by a single ...
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