Revisited: the endless sexual diversity of nature

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4.2 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this episode from July, Ian Sample talks to Josh Davis, a science writer at the Natural History Museum in London and author of the book A Little Gay Natural History. A study published in June 2024 suggested that, although animal scientists widely observe same-sex sexual behaviour in primates and other mammals, they seldom publish about it. Josh considers why this might be and describes some of his favourite examples of sexual diversity from the animal kingdom.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:07.4	Hi, Ian here.
0:09.7	The Science Weekly team are taking a break,
0:12.1	so we're bringing you some of our favourite episodes from 2024.
0:16.7	Back in June, some new research showed that same-sex sexual behaviour in animals
0:21.3	is often witnessed by scientists, but rarely written up.
0:25.4	And that got us wondering, how common is this behaviour in the animal kingdom?
0:30.7	It was fascinating to learn just how varied same-sex behaviour in animals can be.
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