Monogamy in the animal kingdom is a mating system where a pair stays together for an indefinite period. Although only about 5% of animal species adopt this behavior, monogamy offers several ...

Advances in genetics in recent years has revealed that many apparently exclusive pairs in fact sometimes mate with individuals other than their partner, but social monogamy is widespread.

Kerianne Wilson, University of California, Riverside The group’s study, which was published online late last year, is one of just a handful of projects that have experimentally investigated the ...

A study comparing people in monogamous relationships with those in non-monogamous ones has found that both types are on par ...