The long human lifespan is due in part to the contributions of our elders, according to a new theory in the debate about life post-fertility.

Communication helps group members to size up the intentions of the others.

Researchers have discovered that great white sharks are more social than previously thought. Using specialized tags, they tracked six sharks and found that some stay close to each other when hunting.

Overstating the true level of cooperation in a society can increase cooperative behavior overall, research finds.

Life in a honey bee hive is all about cooperating for the collective good.

Rather than a vaccine to beef up your immune system, a psychoactive substance could boost your cooperative, pro-social behavior – curtailing the selfish actions that spur on coronavirus's spread.

Small-scale dairy farmers are struggling across the US – but in New Jersey they've developed a model that keeps their products and their customers local.

Bacteria buck Charles Darwin's theory of "survival of the fittest" and instead work together to lift up the weakest in their group to boost survival.

Can "Minecraft" and other online communities "breed more savvy defenders of democracy"? New research suggests they can.

Teams with many different kinds of thinkers have higher collective intelligence, but there's a catch, researchers report.