Jul 10, 2023 · Homosexual behaviour appears to be widespread among male macaque monkeys in the wild and the trait may be at least partially passed down in genes from father to son.

These animals have been observed practicing homosexual courtship, sexual behavior, affection, pair bonding, or parenting.

Jul 10, 2023 · Male rhesus monkeys on a tiny island in Puerto Rico have more sex with each other than they do with females, scientists have discovered. This behavior may be partially rooted in genetics, …

Jul 10, 2023 · Male monkeys frequently engage in same-sex mounting, and in some cases, more frequently than they have sex with females. Same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) in rhesus macaques …

Jul 12, 2023 · Male monkeys regularly have gay sex and are “behaviourally bisexual”, according to researchers at Imperial College London. It found that same-sex sexual behaviour among monkeys …

Aug 22, 2025 · Same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) is widely observed in numerous primate species, challenging previous assumptions about its rarity. For instance, bonobos are well-known for their …

Jul 12, 2023 · By watching a group of rhesus macaques over a three-year period in Puerto Rico, scientists from the Imperial College of London found it was more common for the males to engage in …

Jul 13, 2023 · We set out to investigate these issues by studying 236 male rhesus macaques living freely in a colony of 1,700 monkeys on the tropical island of Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico. We …

Jul 10, 2023 · Numerous reports have documented the occurrence of same-sex sociosexual behaviour (SSB) across animal species. However, the distribution of the behaviour within a species needs to be …

Jul 12, 2023 · A new study from Imperial College London indicates that more than two-thirds of male macaque monkeys engage in same-sex ‘mounting’, concluding most of them to be “behaviourally …