LGBTQ+ & Pride

Nature doesn't bother with human boxes. While we argue about what's "natural," bonobos are having a great time with everyone regardless of sex, and dolphins have a more varied sex life than most reality TV shows. Let's look at what science actually knows about bisexuality in the animal kingdom — no myths, no moralizing, just facts.

Roy and Silo, two penguins from a Manhattan zoo, raised a chick together and became stars of a children's book and the internet. They weren't an exception proving some rule — science has described homosexual behavior in hundreds of species, from insects to whales. What do we actually know about it, and why is it not a "glitch in nature" but a routine part of it?