'Love hormone' oxytocin turns fierce lions into kittens
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News tagged with social bonding
Popular male dolphins produce more offspring
The reproductive success of male dolphins is not determined by strength or age, but via social bonds with other males. The better integrated males are in their social network, the more offspring they produce, a new study ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2022
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Study shows building bonds between males leads to more offspring for chimpanzees
If you're a male chimp looking for love—or offspring—it pays to make friends with other males.
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2021
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Friends and enemies 'make sense' for long-lived animals
It makes evolutionary sense for long-lived animals to have complex social relationships—such as friends and enemies—researchers say.
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2021
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Wolves attached: Adult wolves miss their human handler in separation similar to dogs
Based on a new study published in Scientific Reports by researchers of the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, adult, intensively socialized wolves form individualized social bonds with their ...
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Oct 14, 2020
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Psychologist suggests negative impact of pandemic on friendships likely to be fleeting
Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar, a psychologist at the University of Oxford, has conducted a review of the literature and concluded that the impact of the pandemic on friendships is likely to be fleeting. He has published a paper ...
Like humans, beluga whales form social networks beyond family ties
A groundbreaking study using molecular genetic techniques and field studies brings together decades of research into the complex relationships among beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) that spans 10 locations across the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2020
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Learning what's dangerous is costly, but social animals have a way of lowering the price
What would you do if the person standing next to you suddenly screamed and ran away? Would you be able to carry on calmly with what you're doing, or would you panic? Unless you're James Bond, you're most likely to go for ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2020
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Flamingos form firm friendships
Flamingos form friendships that last for years, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2020
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Homosexuality may have evolved as an outcome of increased sociability in humans
How did homosexuality in humans evolve?
Evolution
Jan 17, 2020
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