
OpinionNovember 20, 2019
Why Is Same-Sex Sexual Behavior So Common in Animals?
It’s long been considered an evolutionary puzzle, but new research suggests this may be the wrong way to think about it
Ambika Kamath, PhD, is a behavioral and evolutionary ecologist and a postdoctoral fellow at the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, UC Berkeley.

Why Is Same-Sex Sexual Behavior So Common in Animals?
It’s long been considered an evolutionary puzzle, but new research suggests this may be the wrong way to think about it