Energy scarcity is a central driver of animal behavior and evolution. The amazing diversity of life on this planet is a ...

Learn more about female bonobo coalitions and how they team up to keep male bonobos in line.

A new study finds that in some lemur species, evolving gender equality is linked to changes in the brain’s oxytocin system.

In a comprehensive study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, researchers tracked 244 wild-derived ...

For decades it had been a mystery how female Bonobos, cousins to humans, claim higher positions than males in their troop ...

If there was a contest for biggest female bullies of the animal world, lemurs would be near the top of the list. It's the ladies who get their way and keep males in line. In one branch of the lemur ...

Chimps' enjoyment of and willingness to share alcohol-infused fruit hints at possible ancient roots of social drinking.

Through solidarity and strategy, female bonobos defy the male-dominated norms of social animals and rule their society.

Scientists found that a single gene controls striking corn snake patterns like stripes and blotches. While essential for ...

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some ...