In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains how ants, dolphins and birds use inter-species cooperation ...

A symbiotic relationship is a long-term interaction between animal species that is beneficial for one or both animals. There are different forms: It’s mutualism we’ll mostly look at today. Two types ...

Nature is often portrayed as a battlefield where every species competes for food, territory, ...

A team led by researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) has developed a new mathematical model to study changes in ecological interactions ...

Honey gatherers working with birds to find wild bees’ nests; fishers working with dolphins to trap fish — these are examples of what’s known as mutualism, a practice that’s fast dying out, a new study ...

1. The Study of Mutualism / Judith L. Bronstein -- 2. The Special Case of Symbioses: Mutualisms with Persistent Contact / Angela E Douglas -- 3. Evolutionary Origins and Diversification of Mutualism / ...

Of the symbiotic relationships, mutualism, where both species benefit from the relationship, is the most exciting form. How two disparate species can form a cooperative where both benefit seems like ...

"It is clear that some animals become familiar and get along with group members that happen to be other species, but do they become friends?" Reading time 12 minutes We have all come across or ...

Scientists discovered that swollen-thorn acacias invested more in ant rewards during a drought, suggesting that mutualistic interactions play a crucial role in the plant’s survival, even during ...

Codependency between humans gets a bad rap. But in nature, species often rely on each other for survival. While humans think they’re in control of relationships between other species, like dogs and ...