by Harrison Solomon | Oct 17, 2023 | Aggression, Foraging, Personality
We’ve all dealt with toxic roommates. For palmate newts (Lissotriton helveticus) living in small ponds with invasive goldfish(Carassius auratus), it’s not that different from a toxic human roommate. Except, this toxic roommate may bite at you, influence your...
by Maya Schwingel | Oct 25, 2022 | Aggression
If you haven’t had bad neighbors, you’ve certainly heard of them. Whether they didn’t invite you to a cookout, or can’t seem to stay on their side of the fence, the people next door can always find a way to get on your nerves. If your neighbors...
by Omar Morosse | Oct 26, 2021 | Aggression, Social behavior
Crustaceans are much more than they seem on the dinner plate or in the boiling pot. In fact, they serve the biological world in many roles. One of these is as an indicator species: those organisms that, based on their abundance, or lack thereof, help confer the...
by Rhys Pinder | Oct 26, 2021 | Aggression, Anti-predator behavior
It’s hard to be a bee. You’re small, you don’t live particularly long, and to make matters even worse, your population is in decline. You’ve got so many things that are hurting you/your environment: viruses, antibiotics, rising temperatures, pesticides, parasites,...
by Sophia Knaysi | Oct 26, 2021 | Aggression
Aggressive behavior is widespread in animals, although its use differs from species to species. Despite its wide use throughout the animal kingdom, aggression does come with costs which must be weighed against the benefits of a successful aggressive interaction....
by Spencer Hirsch | Oct 22, 2020 | Aggression, Social behavior
It is no secret that wasps are aggressive insects. But, in a recently unveiled secret, scientists discovered that a specific species of wasp, paper wasps, are fully capable of carefully calculating that very same aggression towards direct rivals. In their June 2020...
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