Why do humans keep pets? A new international study suggests that some of the behavioral foundations of human-animal ...

In the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of researchers discover a new species of monkey, and form a deep friendship along the way.

Female African treefrogs mate with several males at the same time, working together to whip up a larger foam nest that ...

Scientists are uncovering how loneliness, social touch and brain circuitry drive our need for human connection.

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"Love makes fools of all of us," wrote 19th-century novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. A moment spent watching the pigeons at your local park suggests he was right: males with puffed-up, shimmering ...

In "Monkey See, Monkey Do," the monkeys take the sombreros from the hat seller almost immediately. The trick is getting them back. This summer, Opera in the Ozarks will take its studio artist ...

The old “monkey see, monkey do” adage may rest on some neuroscientific evidence, a new Yale study finds. To examine how the primate brain facilitates cooperative behavior among individuals during ...

Nick Kroll, June Diane Raphael, Zach Woods and Sabrina Jalees lead the cast voicing horny woodland creatures looking for sex and maybe love. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic The video for ...

The vast majority of people alive today use their right hand for everything from writing and throwing to eating to brushing their teeth. But why? Humans are the only primate species with such ...