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

The terms “ape,” “great ape,” “monkey,” “primate,” and “gorilla” are often used interchangeably, but they describe very ...

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

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 ...

Bonobo chimpanzees are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos. … They still showed increased alertness ...

A new study by researchers at Imperial College London and published on Monday in Nature Ecology & Evolution could help shed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Brevard Zoo announced it is now home to two black-and-white Colobus monkeys. This species of primate is classified as ...