Single-celled organisms that group together can generate stronger water currents to pull in food, a benefit that may have ...

Conclusion and Future Directions Cooperation and sociality are widespread ... Genetic structure clearly influences the evolution of animal sociality. But do genes themselves influence an ...

At the same time the comparison between ecology and evolutionary game theory shows clearly a disconnect between game theoretical work on the evolution of cooperation and ecological work on mutualism. ...

As a Konstanz-based researcher and his team observe, caring, gentle social touch can also play a significant role in the ...

If natural selection is survival of the fittest, why isn't everything a competition? Cooperation and competition have a fitness face off in game theory. Evolutionary games are often visually ...