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Study finds same-sex behavior is as important for primates as "making babies"

A major new study has examined the prevalence of same-sex behavior in primates. It appeared Monday in Nature Ecology and ...
Scientific American

New Study Probes How Same-Sex Behaviors Evolved in Nonhuman Primates

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

Same-sex sexual behavior observed in dozens of primate species, suggesting evolutionary origin

Many primate species have been observed engaging in same-sex sexual behavior. A new study suggests it likely developed ...

Study suggests same-sex behaviour helps primates cope with environmental pressure

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

SMART-BARN -- a cutting-edge technology lab to study animal groups

A new large-scale research facility allows the complex behavior of animal groups to be studied in unprecedented detail. Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Centre for the Advanced Study of ...
Time

What Animal Studies Are Revealing About Their Minds—and Ours

Never underestimate the mind of a crow. Members of a family of birds that includes ravens, rooks, magpies, and jays, crows have been known to bend wire into hooks to retrieve food; drop nuts in a road ...