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 ...

Past theories have suggested that animals exhibit SSB to increase group cohesion, to signal dominance among a larger group, ...

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

Some 60 primate species, including baboons, chimpanzees and vervet monkeys, express homosexuality, according to a new study ...

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

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

Between Nigeria’s Cross River and Cameroon’s Sanaga River lies one of West Africa’s largest remaining blocks of intact ...

As animals go about their lives ― eating, fighting, having babies ― they don’t always follow the script laid out for them by ...

A new study has found that same-sex intimacy is expressed by nearly 60 primate species, including baboons and chimpanzees.

Bonobo evolution reveals bonding and group cohesion in response to threats, favoring paths to finding peace instead of ...