We aren’t the only animals that like to take care of other species. A new study finds that the roots of keeping a pet may stretch deep into our primate past.

Keeping pets seems to be fairly recent behaviour in the timeline of human evolution. Columnist Michael Marshall turns to the latest research on primates to understand how long we’ve had the impulse to...

Abstract. Male replacement in one-male units (OMUs) can generate strong social pressures on females and offspring, influencing transfer behavior, spatial r

It’s not just humans who enjoy interacting with other animal species.

Male primates may be larger than females partly because of pressure from rival groups, not just competition with males inside their own group.

While intergroup conflict features prominently in the behavioural ecology literature, its antonym, intergroup peace, has been a rather neglected phenomenon until recently. Neighbourly relations and a....

Dietary variability among mountain gorilla groups in Volcanoes National Park (VNP) was analyzed to understand how habitat differences influence diet and whether diet quality accounts for variations i...