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

Ask an expert, Are Turtles Social Animals?, and you'll definitly get "No" for an answer. However, this viral turtle video will likely make you reconsider.

Same-sex behavior is common across the animal kingdom—more than 1,500 species are estimated to have been observed engaging in ...

Animals isolate like people do in old age -- but that might be a good thing, scientists say. VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Being a loner isn’t un-herd of for these four-legged ...

Homosexual behavior is much more common across the animal kingdom than we first thought, new research has found. Scientists found that 78 percent of animal behavior experts had seen some degree of ...

Empathy in animals encompasses a range of processes whereby individuals perceive, share, and respond to the emotional states of conspecifics, often leading to demonstrably prosocial behaviours.

A friend of mine recently sent me a beautiful and moving photo essay published by Isa Leshko capturing the "beauty and dignity of elderly animals" "in their winter years". As I looked at each of the ...

Group sleeping can impact when animals sleep, how long they sleep for, and how deeply they sleep. For example, groups of meerkats time their sleep according to 'sleep traditions'; olive baboons sleep ...

Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom each other if they see others performing these social behaviors first, researchers report. Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom ...