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

It is time for animal behavior to become its own academic discipline. The Animal Behavior Society argues that animal behavior ...

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

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

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

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

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(CNN) – New research shows homosexual sex between animals is more common than we think. Same-sex sexual behavior has been observed in more than 1,500 animal species. But, the new study shows it’s ...