As the weather warms up and families begin to explore the great outdoors, a common parasite could be causing more trouble ...

2. Queer behaviour is found in over 1,500 species: Scientists have documented same-sex sexual behaviour in more than 1,500 animal species, from insects and birds to dolphins and primates. It is not an ...

Investigators who seized more than 300 animals during the search of an animal safari park on the Oregon Coast also found meth ...

These peculiar primates sit at an evolutionary crossroads between prosimians ... These calls serve multiple functions, including territory defense, mate attraction, and maintaining contact between ...

The small macaque has no name and no number ... If a lab cannot find a suitable cage mate for monkeys like this one, they will live out the rest of their lives in a cage alone. Males are also selected ...

If one mate dies, the surviving eagle will typically find a new ... are renowned for their monogamous relationships. These tree-dwelling primates typically form pair bonds that can last 40 years or ...

Rather, the monkey "stayed close to the deer and chased away other male macaques" in a behavior that mirrored the protective practice of mate guarding, the study reports. Aside from the deer ...

Two tiny primates at London Zoo are recovering after ... had been able to go into a new part of his habitat to join a mate. "The two have been given a breeding recommendation, which means they ...

In 2015, on Japan’s forested island of Yakushima, a male macaque jumped up onto the back of a female sika deer and started trying to mate with it. At the time, researchers believed that the male ...

Barbary macaque troops are also matriarchal ... but heterosexual sexual access (mate choice) is female-driven and mostly follows the dominance hierarchy, meaning that females prefer males of ...

males tend to leave at the age of 5 or 6 to find another group in which to mate. This puts the primates at added risk when habitat is broken up, as it is near the town of Valparai, in Tamil Nadu.

In quadruped primates, sexual signals are most visible on the backside ... that represent a direct benefit to the individual, such as willingness to mate, health or reproductive potential. In contrast ...