During the summer months, the voles are largely solitary. However, throughout the long, harsh winters, they form small ...

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 ...

When it comes to animals romancing in the wild, things get weird—really weird. Some animals offer bizarre gifts, some put on ...

Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, ...

How monogamous are humans, really? It’s an age-old question subject to significant debate. Now a University of Cambridge ...

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

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

A new study uses sibling genetics to compare monogamy across species. Humans score higher than expected and sit close to ...

A new study finds humans fall between meerkats and beavers in monogamy, revealing unique mating patterns among mammals.

“Almost all other monogamous mammals either live in tight family units of just a breeding pair and their offspring, or in ...

Birds rely on natural timing patterns for survival and breeding. Climate change and urbanization disrupt these rhythms.