A growing body of literature has documented myriad effects of human activities on animal
behaviour, yet the ultimate ecological consequences of these behavioural shifts remain …

Convergent evidence from many species reveals the evolutionary origins of human
friendship. In horses, elephants, hyenas, dolphins, monkeys, and chimpanzees, some …

According to behavioural ecology theory, sociality evolves when the net benefits of close
association with conspecifics exceed the costs. The nature and relative magnitude of the …

Studies evaluating effects of human activity on wildlife typically emphasize short‐term
behavioral responses from which it is difficult to infer biological significance or formulate …

Although both food availability and predation risk have been hypothesized to affect dolphin
habitat use and group size, no study has measured both factors concurrently to determine …

Bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, live in a large, unbounded society with a fission–
fusion grou** pattern. Potential cognitive demands include the need to develop social …

Newborn characteristics, patterns of motoric and social behavioural development, and
mother-infant relationships in free-ranging and semi-provisioned bottlenose dolphins …

Sexual segregation occurs when members of a species separate such that the sexes live
apart, either singly or in single‐sex groups. It can be broadly categorised into two types …

A fundamental question concerning group-living species is what factors influence the
evolution of sociality. Although several studies link adult social bonds to fitness, social …

Whale watching is an international industry worth more than US $2 billion globally and is
currently the greatest economic activity reliant upon cetaceans. However, there is concern …