PAPERS
2025
Brooker, J.S., Webb, C.E., Kordon, S., de Waal, F.B.M. & Clay, Z. (2025). Within-species variation eclipses between-species differences in Pan consolation. Evolution & Human Behavior, 46(3): 106682.
Brooker, J.S., Webb, C.E., van Leeuwen, E.J.C., Kordon, S., de Waal, F.B.M., & Clay, Z. (2025). Bonobos and chimpanzees overlap in sexual behaviour patterns during social tension. Royal Society Open Science, 12(3): 242031.
2024
Jacquet, J., Franks, B., Godfrey-Smith, P., Sanchez-Suarez, W...Webb, C., et al. (2024). Support U.S. Octopus Act to keep octopuses wild. Science, 385(6710): 721-722.
Kordon, S., Webb, C.E., Brooker, J.S., de Waal, F.B.M., & Clay, Z. (2024). Factors shaping socio-emotional trajectories in sanctuary-living bonobos: A longitudinal approach. Royal Society Open Science, 11(12): 240435.
Smuts, B., Franks, B., Gagliano, M., & Webb, C. (2024). The connection we share: Animal spirituality and the science of sacred encounters. In Animals and Religion (eds. D. Aftandilian, B. Ambros, & A. Gross), pp. 277-288. Routledge.
Aguilar, L. & Webb, C.E. (2024). Keystones for conservation: Diversity, well-being, coexistence. Biological Conservation, 291: 110464.
Brooker, J.S., Webb, C.E., de Waal, F.B.M., & Clay, Z. (2024). The expression of empathy in human’s closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: Current and future directions. Biological Reviews, 99(4): 1556-1575.
2023
Franks, B., Webb, C., Gagliano, M., & Smuts, B. (2023). Looking up to animals and other beings: What the fishes taught us. In Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence (ed. M. Challenger), pp. 229-238. Bloomsbury.
Webb, C.E., Franks, B., Gagliano, M., & Smuts, B. (2023). Un-tabooing empathy: The benefits of empathic science with nonhuman research participants. In Conversations on Empathy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Imagination and Radical Othering (eds. F. Mezzenzana & D. Peluso), pp. 216-234. Routledge.
2022
Brooker, J.S., Webb, C.E., & Clay, Z (2022). Primate empathy: A flexible and multi-componential phenomenon. In Primate Cognitive Studies (eds. B. Schwarz & M. Beran), pp. 505-531. Cambridge University Press.
Benenson, J.F., Webb, C.E., & Wrangham, R.W. (2022). Females undergo selection too. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45(e151): 1-10.
Goldsborough, Z., Sterck, E.H.M., de Waal, F.B.M. & Webb, C.E. (2022). Chimpanzees exhibit individual variation in abnormal behavior repertoires. Animal Welfare, 31(1): 125-135.
Benenson, J.F., Webb, C.E., & Wrangham, R.W. (2022). Self-protection as an adaptive female strategy. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45(e128): 1-65.
2021
Clay, Z., Webb, C.E., Romero, T. & de Waal, F.B.M. (2021). Comparative perspectives of empathy development: Insights from chimpanzees and bonobos. In The Oxford Handbook of Emotion Development (eds. D. Dukes, E.A. Walle, & A.C. Samson), pp 277-290. Oxford University Press.
Baniel, A.*, Webb, C.E.*, Cowlishaw, G., & Huchard, E. (2021). The submissive pattern of post-conflict affiliation in asymmetric relationships: A test in male and sexually coerced female baboons. Animal Behaviour, 175: 87-97.
Goldsborough, Z., Webb, C.E., de Waal, F.B.M., & van Leeuwen, E.J.C. (2021). Female chimpanzee adopts local female-specific tradition upon immigrating into a new group. Behaviour, 158(6): 547-564.
2020
Brooker, J.S., Webb, C.E., & Clay, Z. (2020). Fellatio among male sanctuary-living chimpanzees during a period of social tension. Behaviour, 158(1): 77-87.
Webb, C.E., Kolff, K., Du, X., & de Waal, F.B.M. (2020). Jealous behavior in chimpanzees elicited by social intruders. Affective Science, 1(4): 199–207.
Webb, C.E., Woodford, P., & Huchard, E. (2020). The study that made rats jump for joy, and then killed them. BioEssays, 42(6): 2000030.
Franks, B., Webb, C., Gagliano, M., & Smuts, B. (2020). Conventional science will not do justice to nonhuman interests: A fresh approach is required. Commentary on Treves et al. on 'Just Preservation.' Animal Sentience, 27(17): 1-5.
2019
Goldsborough, Z., van Leeuwen, E.J.C., Kolff, K., de Waal., F.B.M., & Webb, C.E. (2019). Do chimpanzees console a bereaved mother? Primates, 61(1): 93-102. [Social Impact Award]
Webb, C.E., Woodford, P., & Huchard, E. (2019). Animal ethics and behavioral science: An overdue discussion? BioScience, 69(10): 778-788. [Editor's Choice]
Webb, C.E.*, Baniel, A.*, Cowlishaw, G., & Huchard, E. (2019). Friend or foe: Reconciliation between males and females in wild chacma baboons. Animal Behaviour, 151: 145-155.
2018
Webb, C.E. & de Waal, F.B.M. (2018). Situating the study of jealousy within a relational context. Commentary on Cook et al. on 'Dog Jealousy.' Animal Sentience, 22(22): 1-5.
2017
Webb, C.E., Romero, T., Franks, B. & de Waal, F.B.M. (2017). Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities. Nature Communications, 8(292): 1-8.
Webb, C.E., Rossignac-Milon, M. & Higgins, E.T. (2017). Stepping forward together: Could walking facilitate interpersonal conflict resolution? American Psychologist, 72(4): 374-385.
Webb, C.E., Coleman, P.T., Rossignac-Milon, M., Tomasulo, S.J. & Higgins, E.T. (2017). Moving on or digging deeper: Regulatory mode and interpersonal conflict resolution. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112(4): 621-641.
2016 & earlier
Webb, C.E. & Verbeek, P. (2016). Individual differences in aggressive and peaceful behavior: New insights and future directions. Behaviour, 153: 1139-1169.
Webb, C.E., Franks, B., Romero, T., Higgins, E.T. & de Waal, F.B.M. (2014). Individual differences in chimpanzee reconciliation relate to social switching behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 90: 57-63.
Plotnik, J.M., Pokorny, J.J., Keratimanochaya, T., Webb, C.E. et al. (2013). Visual cues given by humans are not sufficient for Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) to find hidden food. PLoS One, 8(4): e61174.
Pokorny, J.J., Webb, C.E., & de Waal, F.B.M. (2011). Capuchin monkeys show specialized face processing with an inversion effect modified by expertise. Animal Cognition, 14(6): 839-846.