Sometimes known as "group bullying," mobbing in the workplace involves groups of people targeting a coworker for isolation, humiliation, and aggression. The impact on mobbing targets, as well as the ...

If you’ve ever been chased by an angry seagull at the beach, you’ve experienced a bird behavior called mobbing. Many species of birds have realized there is strength in numbers, especially when they ...

Fleeing isn't the only way by which songbirds can protect themselves against predators. Many songbird species are known to engage in mobbing, where they gather aggressively around a bird of prey, ...

Dive bombing a much larger bird isn't just a courageous act by often smaller bird species to keep predators at bay. It also gives male birds the chance to show off their physical qualities in order to ...

Reed warblers use mobbing as a front line of nest defense against parasitic cuckoos, according to a new report. Cuckoos act as parasites by laying their eggs in the nests of other birds, reed warblers ...

Cooperative behaviour involves a trade-off between risks and rewards, and can provide benefits that are available only because of group action. Individual spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) can join a ...

Crows are among the most interesting creatures in the bird world, not merely for their sleek black feathers or sharp caws, but for the clever intelligence they possess. Could one ever imagine being ...

Dive bombing a much larger bird isn't just a courageous act by often smaller bird species to keep predators at bay. It also gives male birds the chance to show off their physical qualities in order to ...

Reed warblers use mobbing as a front line of nest defense against parasitic cuckoos, according to a new report published online on January 29th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Cuckoos ...