The pecking order is, literally, determined by pecking. Bigger, stronger, and more aggressive chickens bully their way to the top of the flock by pecking the others into submission with their pointy ...

The term pecking order has come to be used as a way to describe the hierarchy that exists within a group of animals, including humans. Typically, those at the top of the hierarchy have better ...

A low-ranking young female chimpanzee wounded from attempting to enter the female social hierarchy. Fighting to improve their social status after initially joining the pecking order appears to be ...

Female monkeys are more dominant when they live in groups with a higher percentage of males. ... Many animals living in groups have a social hierarchy, a so-called 'pecking order'. Monkeys, too, ...

Turkeys, by contrast, establish their pecking order. “The dominance hierarchy is hugely important in whether [toms] can get close to females and display without being interrupted.” ...

Female monkeys are more dominant when they live in groups with a higher percentage of males. ... Many animals living in groups have a social hierarchy, a so-called 'pecking order'. Monkeys, too, ...

Social pecking order gives roosters something to crow about. ... “the dominance hierarchy might still exist, ... might help female birds in the audience separate winner males from losers.

Each sex has an independent pecking order, with a stable female hierarchy and a constantly changing male hierarchy. While they mostly walk around, wild turkeys can also run and fly.

Male and female chimpanzees achieve social status in ... position in the social pecking order, ... was wounded in a fight when she attempted to enter the female social hierarchy.

University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have discovered that it takes mere minutes for a species of sex-changing fish to develop dominant behavior after a change in the pecking order.