It’s not unusual to see horses turned out together standing side-by-side, using their teeth on each other’s withers. Called allogrooming, this behavior is one of the most common grooming behaviors in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lemurs have a “built-in” toothcomb that helps the animal groom themselves and each other. Their secondary tongue, or “sublingua,” ...

The study suggests that sex and social status influence social grooming (where one animal licks another, also known as allogrooming) among free-ranging feral cattle in Hong Kong. HONG KONG (28 Feb ...

A wildlife camera captures deer practicing allogrooming — grooming one another to get places that they can’t reach on their own. During allogrooming, deer may eat ticks that contain CWD-infested blood ...

Cows lick each other around the head and neck to show affection and help forge strong friendships, a new study reveals. Chilean and US scientists spent 30 days observing a small herd of dairy cows ...

For gregarious species such as domestic cattle, the social environment is a very important determinant of their welfare and fitness. Understanding the complexity of cows' relationships can assist the ...