Pair bonding is a psychological construct that we attempt to operationalize via behavioral
and physiological measurements. Yet, pair bonding has been both defined differently in …

Highlights•Both wild and captive individuals are affected by a variety of daily-life
experiences.•Social and empirical contexts influence an individual's behavior and …

Animal cultures have now been demonstrated experimentally in diverse taxa from flies to
great apes. However, experiments commonly use tasks with unrestricted access to equal …

Highlights•Cognitive studies are often disconnected from the challenges animals face in
nature.•This can make it hard to interpret results and evaluate their implications.•We use …

Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are a highly social great ape species that have evolved rich social
and emotional capacities to enable them to navigate their complex social worlds. This …

The need to maintain strong social bonds is widely held to be a key driver of cognitive
evolution. This assumes that the maintenance of strong bonds is a stable trait that is …

The dynamic nature of social life can generate uncertainty. To reduce this uncertainty and
make adaptive decisions, animals may use cognition to gather and process information …

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) are regarded as one of the major threats to productivity,
health, and welfare of sheep globally and contribute to significant economic losses within …