They found that bathing in hot springs subtly reshapes the snow monkeys’ relationships with their parasites and gut microbes.

Japanese macaques, colloquially referred to as snow monkeys, famously soak in steaming hot springs during winter. It's easy ...

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

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

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

Gay apes are a thing!

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

Data from 491 non-human primate species reveals reports of same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) in 59, and the distribution is not ...

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

Primates form same-sex sexual behavior alliances to gain rank and mating opportunities Male primates use same-sex bonds as ...