This risky behavior benefits other individuals in the squirrel’s group. Other examples of altruistic behavior include sharing nesting space and helping to raise offspring of an unrelated individual.

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For example, proactive prosocial actions were found to often be motivated by status-linked goals and popularity within a group. Altruistic prosocial behaviors, on the other hand, were more closely ...

This is known as altruistic punishment, the act of punishing others for selfish behavior without reciprocal benefit. Previous studies on altruistic punishment often placed participants in ...

A study published by a team of wildlife scientists provides strong evidence of altruistic behaviour in a population of wild elephants in northeast India. On two separate occasions, adult male ...