After a challenging trek, we met this family of 18 individuals, including a baby of just 3 weeks old, in a small clearing. We were incredibly lucky to witness the silverback mating just a few...

A female in the group chases after the dominant silverback in order to mate with him. But his lack of interest pushes her towards one of the more juvenile adults instead. Subscribe:...

Is it for love, pleasure, or competition? Mireya observes the mating practices of the Western lowland gorilla. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribeA...

Feb 13, 2008 · Gorillas have been caught on camera for the first time performing face-to-face intercourse. Humans and bonobos were the only primates thought to mate in this manner. And …

Mar 15, 2013 · Subordinate males often like to mate in secret, out of the alpha male's sight. If an alpha male catches a coital couple, he may execute a "bluff display," where he charges at the …

Here we show that the production of mating gestures in wild male East African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweunfurthii) was influenced by a conflict of interest with females, which in turn …

Mar 5, 2025 · Apes were more likely to engage in genital contact with non-relatives, and older individuals more often initiated these behaviors. Updated: Mar 05, 2025 08:34 AM EST 1

Mar 5, 2025 · A fascinating new look into the private lives of apes has found that chimps settle conflict with friends with genital contact, much like their bonobo cousins. This sheds light on …

In order to understand the evolution and behavior of our own species, we need to understand what goes on in the wild among our closest cousins, the great apes. Gorilla mating habits …

6 days ago · The mating behaviors of apes are varied and complex, ranging from strict monogamy in gibbons to polygynandrous mating in chimpanzees and harem-based polygyny in gorillas. …