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Zoo monkey eats her baby's corpse after carrying it around for days
The mother repeatedly tried to catch the dead infant's gaze before throwing the corpse around her enclosure and eventually devouring it.
See the moment a 28-year-old lab chimp glimpses the open sky for the 1st time
A heartwarming video shows a 28-year-old captive chimpanzee finally seeing the sky.
Amino acid taurine can slow aging in animals, but we don't know if it works in people
Experiments suggest that taurine, an unusual amino acid, can extend some animals' life spans, but it's unclear if it would work in humans.
Primates have been masturbating for at least 40 million years
Researchers reconstructed the evolutionary origins of primate masturbation and found it was an ancestral trait that goes back to the ancestor of all monkeys and apes.
Elon Musk's Neuralink 'brain chips' cleared for 1st in-human trials
Brain implants developed by Elon Musk's company Neuralink have been approved for human testing. The safety of the devices previously came under scrutiny following reports of "botched surgeries" in animal test subjects.
Cockatoos join humans and chimps as only species that can use a set of tools
In a series of new experiments, Goffin's cockatoos were able to use a set of different tools to complete complex tasks. The brainy birds can decide which gadget works best and carry their varied equipment around with them.
52 million years ago, strange primates lived in complete darkness in the Arctic
During the Eocene, the Arctic was a warm, swampy place that these primates called home.
Which animals have entered the 'Stone Age'?
Humans aren't the only species that has entered the Stone Age. Who else is in the club?
