Male bonobos are able to decipher confusing fertility signals from females, say scientists. Most female mammals are only ...

From matriarchs who guide entire herds to queens that dominate their hives, the animal kingdom is full of powerful females ...

As a corner of Africa heats up, new research shows how the future of the species rests with powerful matriarchs making tough ...

HUMANS are less likely to cheat than chimps – but are more prone to promiscuity than beavers. They’re the findings of a major ...

Learn how male bonobos use subtle behavioral and reproductive cues to pinpoint the fertile window, even when the usual ...

When it’s time for turtles to find love, the process isn’t something most people get to see. But it happens like clockwork ...

A UC Berkeley study shows that when zebra finches hear the call of another zebra finch, they have a mental representation of ...

Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their own benefit. One example ...

The animal kingdom can be rather unforgiving, but even the cutest animals have strange reasons to do some pretty gruesome things, including eating their young.

The human penis is 'conservative' compared to other members of the animal kingdom - and now a scientist reveals why this is.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has instructed staffers to end all monkey research, according to a report in Science. The decision will affect studies involving some 200 macaques; ...

The last monkey on the loose among several that escaped after a truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi roadway has been found and captured, authorities said Thursday. A resident who lives ...