Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as the most popular, or large ...

The discovery of a quartet of fossilized snakes, a never-before-seen species from the boa family that lived 38 million years ago, has provided paleontologists with a rare insight into reptilian social ...

Naked mole-rats are one of the rare examples of eusocial mammals. Eusocial animal species are those in which a single female within the group is tasked with reproduction, along with a select group of ...

Several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes that have previously been ...

In June of 1962, dozens of workers in a textile factory came down with the same physical symptoms–rashes, numbness in the hands and feet, and episodes of nausea. It was initially believed that the ...

A transcription factor in mouse brains underpins stress, social behaviors, and possibly immunity. Immediately, they could tell that the synthetic TF shook up neuron physiology. Neurons in the ...

Some examples of narcissistic behavior include inflating one’s accomplishments to gain praise, ignoring other people’s feelings, and deliberately taking credit for someone else’s work. Narcissistic ...

In a study in today's (Monday Feb. 26) Nature Human Behavior, scientists delve into the world of chemical neuromodulators in the human brain, specifically dopamine and serotonin, to reveal their role ...