Africa's smallest carnivore punishes members of the community that fought over food by grooming them less at the end of the day. Andrew Blok covered home energy, with a focus on solar, and navigated ...

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Dwarf mongooses remember which groupmates have picked fights with others during the day and later shun the aggressors during pre-bedtime socializing sessions, according to new research. Management of ...

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.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The dwarf mongooses at Smithsonian's National Zoo are very curious and very smart, but do they socialize with one another? One of their caretakers ...

Mongooses munch on snacks inside cardboard box play area at Saint Louis Zoo Dwarf mongoose pups Cyclone, Doppler, Nimbus and Radar enjoy a snack at the Saint Louis Zoo. The four pups dig in while ...

A research essay titled "Experimental evidence for delayed contingent cooperation among wild dwarf mongooses" by Drs. Julie Kern and Andrew Redford of the School of Biological Sciences at the UK's ...

In dwarf mongooses, close relatives of meerkats, a single monogamous breeding pair is supported in raising their offspring by non-reproducing helpers. This image relates to a paper that appeared in ...

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