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Homosexual behavior is not limited to humans. Biologists have reported homosexual behavior in many species of wild animal, ranging from bats and birds to dolphins and primates. When animals engage in ...

Data from 491 non-human primate species reveals reports of same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) in 59, and the distribution is not random. Although there are no doubt many cases where SSB happens without ...

Chimpanzees fish for termites with handcrafted tools, gorillas weigh as much as a professional linebacker, and some primate ...

Interactions between primates and animals outside their families have been documented for a long time, from predator-prey ...

Humans have long known how to synchronize to rhythms. But now, researchers from Japan have found that movement synchronization spontaneously takes place in macaque monkeys as well. In a study recently ...

People’s love of furry animals is having some unexpected effects on the monkeys living in Gibraltar. A study out today shows that these monkeys are regularly eating dirt—likely as a way to soothe ...

This social behavior might reveal the evolutionary roots of traits that underlie pet-keeping in humans, scientists say, from caregiving to tolerance and curiosity. But it's not the same as a person ke ...