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

Homosexual behaviour in primates has a deep evolutionary basis and is more likely to occur in species that live in harsh ...

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

A major new study has examined the prevalence of same-sex behavior in primates. It appeared Monday in Nature Ecology and ...

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

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 ...

Same-sex behavior is common across the animal kingdom—more than 1,500 species are estimated to have been observed engaging in ...

A growing body of research suggests same-sex behavior in nonhuman primates is important to social connections.

A new primate study links same-sex behaviour to survival, social bonding, and environmental stress, raising intriguing ...

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

Primates form same-sex sexual behavior alliances to gain rank and mating opportunities Male primates use same-sex bonds as ...

Homosexual behavior in primates has a deep evolutionary basis and is more likely to occur in species that live in harsh ...