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

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

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

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

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

People haven’t realised that same-sex behaviour is as important for the functioning of a society," says wildlife expert ...

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 ...

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

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