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Choice Overload Makes Female Treefrogs Slower and Less Accurate at Picking Mates

The experiment shows cognitive limits in crowded choruses could raise predation risk by slowing decisions and weaken sexual selection.

Reassuring Touch Linked to More Peaceful Feeding in Bonobos and Chimpanzees

Ediacaran Fossils Show Population-Level Turning Bias, Researchers Say

Great Apes and Humans Share a 15‑Million‑Year Rhythm in Laughter

Great Apes' Laughter Shares a 15‑Million‑Year Rhythm

Chimp Drums With Tools While Vocalizing, Offering Clues to Music’s Origins

Major Review Finds Same-Sex Sexual Behavior Common in Primates, Linked to Social and Environmental Pressures

Jellyfish and Sea Anemones Without Brains Shown to Sleep

Humans Rank Seventh in New Mammal Monogamy Study, Below Beavers and Above Meerkats

Study Traces Primate Kissing to a Common Ape Ancestor 16–21 Million Years Ago

PNAS Study Links Chimp Territorial Killings to Short-Term Reproductive Gains

Female Mountain Gorillas Use Long-Term Bonds to Navigate Group Transfers

Wild Orangutans Nap to Offset Sleep Lost to Social Nesting

Chimpanzees Catch Yawns From Android Head