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

A new study tracing the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior in mammals, using phylogenetic analyses, suggests these behaviors may have evolved in part to strengthen social bonding and relationships.

Past theories have suggested that animals exhibit SSB to increase group cohesion, to signal dominance among a larger group, ...

A recent study finds that color vision evolved in animals more than 100 million years before the emergence of colorful fruits and flowers. And there has been a dramatic explosion of color signals in ...

Research to help reduce inflammation in the uterus of livestock animals could help pave the way for developing new drugs to ...

In the largest study of its kind, scientists have accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and ...

Burmese and Birman cats have the longest average life expectancies among common pet cat breeds, according to a new study. Sphynx cats, meanwhile, die the youngest, on average. The study, published May ...

Three different HIV antibodies each independently protected monkeys from acquiring simian-HIV (SHIV) in a placebo-controlled proof-of-concept study intended to inform development of a preventive HIV ...

If you’ve ever wondered about the differences and similarities between herpetology and helminthology, you’ve come to the right place. First of all, they both end in -logy. Secondly, they’re both ...

Camera traps in Myagdi, Nepal surveyed national forests to locate and count the red panda population, strengthening ...

File: Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing ...

The decisions of university committees that assess the appropriateness of research experiments that kill or inflict pain on animals are statistically random, meaning that proposals that were approved ...