MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL--Animals can be a pretty uncooperative lot. While species like lions and prairie dogs cooperate in some cases, scientists seldom know the costs and benefits of cooperative acts ...

A team of researchers have found that dogs and wolves are equally good at cooperating with partners to obtain a reward. When tested in same-species pairs, dogs and wolves proved equally successful and ...

Dogs are thought to be domesticated wolves, with the first dog owners, living tens of thousands of years ago, favoring their helpful, cooperative nature. Now, a duo of comparative psychologists ...

Last Friday, as I was competing a draft of this essay, I was asked to comment on the notion of trust among nonhuman animals (animals). This request couldn't have come at a better time because I was ...

Killer whales and dolphins, typically a predator-prey pair, have been observed cooperating to hunt salmon. This is the first documented case of cooperative hunting between killer whales and dolphins.

Mar. 6—HERMITAGE — A fundraiser next month will give the community a chance to support the medical needs of the animals in the Shenango Valley Animal Shelter's care. The fundraiser could also be a ...