Having one or more non-human animals in our company became a steadily growing custom
around the world. The terminology that describes these non-consumable animals …

Social play has been described in many animals. However, much of this social behaviour
among birds, particularly in adults, is still relatively unexplored in terms of the environmental …

Animals often display prosocial behaviors, performing actions that benefit others. Although
prosociality is essential for social bonding and cooperation, we still know little about how …

The investigation of prosocial behavior is of particular interest from an evolutionary
perspective. Comparisons of prosociality across non-human animal species have, however …

Prosocial behavior, defined as voluntary behavior intended to benefit another, has long
been regarded as a primarily human characteristic. In recent years, it was reported that …

Humans and many other animal species act in ways that benefit others. Such prosocial
behaviour has been studied extensively across a range of disciplines over the last decades …

Psittacines, along with corvids, are commonly referred to as 'feathered apes' due to their
advanced cognitive abilities. Until rather recently, the research effort on parrot cognition was …

Previous studies reported contrasting conclusions concerning bonobo prosociality, which
are likely due to differences in the experimental design, the social dynamics among subjects …

In this study, we aimed to develop a behavioral task that measures pro-social decision
making in rats. A fully automated, operant pro-social two-choice task is introduced that …

While parrots are popular birds to keep as pets, little is known about the relationship
between them and their owners and about the frequency of the problematic behaviors they …