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

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 have a monogamy rating of 66% full siblings, ahead of meerkats (60%) but behind beavers (73%). Meanwhile, our ...

HUMANS are less likely to cheat than chimps – but are more prone to promiscuity than beavers. They’re the findings of a major ...

We like to draw a line between humans and animals, a clear divide built on memory, empathy, and invention. But that line doesn’t always hold. Apes steal territory. Parrots ace memory tests. Bees react ...

Human pair bonding is more comparable to exclusive mating seen in meerkats and beavers than in our primate cousins ...

Shankland's award-winning interdisciplinary book examines our dominance of and affection for animals and how empathy toward ...