In most social mammals, some females disperse from their natal group while others remain
and breed there throughout their lives but, in a few, females typically disperse after …

Until around 2000, giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis were believed to have no social structure.
Despite a resurgence of interest in giraffe behaviour in around 2010, most studies are of …

We analysed 38 years of data on 46 lion prides in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania,
and found that territorial competition directly affected critical components of female fitness …

Territoriality in animal populations creates spatial structure that is thought to naturally buffer
disease invasion. Often, however, territorial populations also include highly mobile, non …

Although local variation in territorial predator density is often correlated with habitat quality,
the causal mechanism underlying this frequently observed association is poorly understood …

Like many wildlife populations across Africa, recent analyses indicate that African lions are
declining rapidly outside of small fenced areas. Community conservancies–privately …

In group‐living species, individuals often have preferred affiliative social partners, with
whom ties or bonds can confer advantages that correspond with greater fitness. For …

There is a growing interest in social behavior change with age, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and the impacts
of sociality on longevity, 6, 7, 8 but current knowledge is broadly limited to primates …

Women remain universally underrepresented in the top leadership positions. A comparative
evolutionary framework may offer new insights into the value of and potential barriers to …

Variation in group size is ubiquitous in social animals, but explaining the range of group
sizes seen in nature remains challenging. 1–3 Group-living species occur most frequently in …