Nonhuman primates like bonobos and chimpanzees might engage in same-sex sexual activities to strengthen bonds, particularly ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

In truth, it is not a paradox. The animals involved all seem perfectly eager participants in heterosexual behaviour, as well, so their reproduction is not compromised. It is, though, a puzzle—for ...

As animals go about their lives ― eating, fighting, having babies ― they don’t always follow the script laid out for them by ...

Bonds between same-sex individuals help apes and monkeys to manage conflict and strengthen alliances, especially in dry ...

Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among ...

A Florida zoo welcomed a new species of monkeys on Thursday, which are vulnerable to extinction.

A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced ...

Between Nigeria’s Cross River and Cameroon’s Sanaga River lies one of West Africa’s largest remaining blocks of intact ...