grooming behavior
Coverage of grooming behavior in the Nexus archive.
- Your cats don't care about you…or each other! Felines groom one another out of SPITE, study finds
A study found that cats groom one another not as a sign of affection or bonding, but out of spite. The research challenges previous assumptions about the social behavior of felines.
- Chimpanzees and bonobos have human-like friend circles, study finds
A study found that chimpanzees and bonobos form human-like social structures through grooming behavior, with chimpanzees developing selective inner circles and bonobos maintaining egalitarian networks. Researchers observed that older chimpanzees become more selective in their social bonds, while bonobos consistently exhibit a more equal social style.
- Cook County man accused of trying to meet minor was messaging undercover investigator
A 34-year-old registered sex offender, Joseph Hoggard, was arrested after communicating with an undercover investigator posing as a 13-year-old girl, exchanging explicit messages and attempting to arrange meetings. The case is part of a Cook County Sheriff’s Office operation targeting online predators, with authorities emphasizing that grooming behavior is criminal even without physical contact.