Those who help each other can invade harsher environments
Monday, February 20, 2017 - 14:31
in Biology & Nature
Through cooperation, animals are able to colonize harsher living environments that would otherwise be inaccessible, according to a new study. The research community has long believed this was the other way around -- that species in tough environments had to cooperate to survive. As a result the established view of why animals cooperate is turned upside-down.