The white-handed gibbon comes closest to humans in the study, with a monogamy rate of 63.5%. It’s the only other top-ranked ...

COLUMN. British anthropologist Mark Dyble analyzed genetic data from 70 mammalian species to gain a deeper understanding of ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

In humans, personality similarity between partners can lead to better compatibility and well-being. Is the same true for ...

In the animal kingdom, there are far more mammals that are polyamorous than are monogamous. In fact, just three to five percent of mammals are monogamous, and researchers have long wondered what ...

Source: Sofya Dolotovskaya, used with permission. Many birds and mammals are socially monogamous—males and females pair up, live together, and often raise their young together. However, once methods ...