In the Middle Ages, a plague killed a third of Europe's population. Fleas carried the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, ...

Shepherds and Christmas go together like crumpets and tea – but they’re mostly NPCs, as the kids say. They do their own thing, watching their flocks by night as the main action unfolds in the manger, ...

An Ethiopian wolf, Africa’s most endangered carnivore, was found shot in the leg. What happened next was astonishing.

A new study shows how long-term coexistence with humans can reshape even the wildest predators—in this case, making bears ...

Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, ...

How monogamous are humans, really? It’s an age-old question subject to significant debate. Now a University of Cambridge ...

A Cambridge study reveals humans are less monogamous than believed, ranking seventh among mammals with a 66% full sibling rate. While romantic ideals ...

“Almost all other monogamous mammals either live in tight family units of just a breeding pair and their offspring, or in ...

The first study to analyse rates of full vs half siblings in a range of mammals provides new evidence for monogamous ...

Learn more about mammal monogamy rates, which support the theory that the primary mating pattern in Homo sapiens is monogamy.

Humans are a bit like meerkats when it comes to pairing up, according to a study that examined the monogamous lifestyles of different species. In our romantic life, we more closel ...

Humans are a bit like meerkats when it comes to pairing up, according to a study that examined the monogamous lifestyles of different species. In our romantic life, we more closely resemble these ...