Japanese macaques, colloquially referred to as snow monkeys, famously soak in steaming hot springs during winter. It's easy ...

Same-sex behavior is widespread in primates and may help strengthen social bonds and improve survival under challenging ...

If you look on social media, you’re likely to see posts claiming two men were allegedly detained after saying two male pandas ...

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

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were ...

The researchers found that same-sex behavior was more common in primate groups with clear hierarchical structures and those ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than 59 different primate species have been observed participating in some kind of same-sex behaviors, making it ...

Biologists tend to look at the animal kingdom and try to categorize things in an organized fashion. But nature has a way of ...