Monogamy Is No More Successful Than Polygamy, And Research That Shows Otherwise May Be Biased, Study Says. … The new research says that consensually non-monogamous relationships, in which partners are aware that their mates have other sexual partners, are just as stable and functional as monogamous ones. How do youRead More →

While the tails of most lemurs are approximately equal in length to their bodies, the indri has a very short tail—typically only about 2 in (5 cm) long. They live between 15 and 18 years in the wild, and do not fare well in captivity. Is indri nocturnal? The twoRead More →

These fairly common songbirds breed in the coastal Southeast and in the south-central U.S., where they often come to feeders. They are often caught and sold illegally as cage birds, particularly in Mexico and the Caribbean, a practice that puts pressure on their breeding populations. What does it mean whenRead More →

Other behaviours are used to reinforce the ‘pair bond’ that exists between a female and her mate, a bond that can last for many years – bird ringing has revealed that a Rook may live for 20 years or more. How many times a year do Rooks breed? The rookRead More →

In between is a whole range of unique love arrangements, from men with many wives to women who marry two brothers. Humans are also, by and large, less promiscuous than their primate cousins. Only about 30 percent of primates and 3 percent of all mammals are monogamous, Wlodarski told LiveRead More →