Far from the well-trodden tourism path, the Central African nation promises unparalleled access to nature at its wildest.

Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school ...

The mercurial US president will haunt the forthcoming election campaign. How the leaders handle him, and his chaotic pronouncements, may even swing the result.

An analysis reveals how the two primate species use sex to resolve conflicts. This suggests that the social function of sex ...

The findings support the idea that sex was already being used for social purposes by the last common ancestor of humans, bonobos, and chimpanzees.

Analysis - Doug was the leader of his chimpanzee group. He had quickly gained a reputation from human observers as a fair and tolerant alpha male. One day he was separated from the group for some ...

Bonobos, often seen as the “make love, not war” apes, are famous for using sexual behavior to smooth over conflicts. Chimps, ...

As the final chapter piles meta-concept upon meta-concept, as if courting Christopher Nolan, Split Fiction ’s ultimate aim is to explore what a video game can do, both inside and outside the screen.

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...

A new study sheds light on the role of sexual behavior in apes, which has implications for understanding its evolutionary ...

Using sex to manage social tension dates back over six million years to humans' common ape ancestor, according to a new study. Comparing sister ...