When it comes to monogamy, humans more closely resemble meerkats and beavers than our primate cousins.

Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England analyzed the proportion of full ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...

A Galápagos bird species is stunning behaviorists with their “freewheeling” lifestyles. Described in the journal PLOS One, ...

Male bonobos can decipher females' unreliable fertility signals, allowing them to focus their efforts on matings with the ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden announced on Monday the birth of a female Plains zebra foal named Lyra.

Beauty in the animal kingdom isn’t just for show—it’s a survival tool, a way to attract mates, or even a disguise. A bird’s ...

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

Driving headlong into danger isn’t everyone’s choice for a holiday, writes Victoria Richards, but when you’re with the first ...

The pup was one of seven eggs hatched in Tacoma then shipped to Indonesia as part of a conservation initiative to restore shark populations.

A new study published in 'Science' reveals that Zebra finches have more complicated communication than expected.

Zebras might look like black and white horses, but in reality they are very different... What's the difference between zebras and horses? Zebras are closely related to horses but they're not the same ...