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Mountain Gorilla Study Finds Alliances, Not Strength, Define Social Ranks

After 25 years of Ugandan fieldwork, the study reveals that female gorillas use alliances to secure priority access to resources.

Female Mountain Gorillas Use Long-Term Bonds to Navigate Group Transfers

PLOS One Confirms First Mixed-Species Dinosaur Herd and Spurs New Tracksite Discoveries

Endangered Przewalski’s Foal Flourishes With Pony Surrogate and Readies for Herd Introduction

Wild Nematode Towers Reveal Collective Dispersal Strategy

Nematodes Assemble Living Towers to Hitchhike on Insects

Superb Starlings Form Long-Term Reciprocal Bonds Beyond Kin

Rare Super Pod of 1,500 Dolphins Captured on Video Off California Coast

Male Elephants Use Complex Rumbles to Coordinate Group Movements