A major new study has examined the prevalence of same-sex behavior in primates. It appeared Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution. It’s been described as the most comprehensive review to date on the ...

Humans are far from the only primates engaging in same-sex sexual activity. A new study found instances in which 59 nonhuman primate species, including bonobos, chimpanzees and macaques, have taken ...

A recent study into same-sex behavior in primates finds that social organization and ecological factors, including climatic conditions, influence this behavior. In gorilla groups, same-sex relations ...

Jane Goodall, whose lifelong work as a primatologist helped broaden the world’s understanding of animal behavior and emotions, has died, her institute said Wednesday. She was 91. Her field studies ...

Humans aren’t the only creatures engaging in same-sex sexual activities. To date, scientists have documented around 1,500 species, including whales, birds and fish, engaging in such behavior. Now, an ...

Crying is one of the most recognizable human emotional signals. Tears appear when people experience grief, relief, joy, or ...

In December 2022, Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel published a paper that caused an uproar in the dinosaur world. After analyzing previous research on fossilized dinosaur ...

Goodall arrived in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in 1960 at the request of her boss, renowned anthropologist and paleontologist Dr. Louis Leakey. There, the 26-year-old who had long been ...