Primates
-
Zoo monkey eats her baby's corpse after carrying it around for daysThe mother repeatedly tried to catch the dead infant's gaze before throwing the corpse around her enclosure and eventually devouring it.
By Harry Baker Published
-
See the moment a 28-year-old lab chimp glimpses the open sky for the 1st timeA heartwarming video shows a 28-year-old captive chimpanzee finally seeing the sky.
By Jennifer Nalewicki Published
-
Amino acid taurine can slow aging in animals, but we don't know if it works in peopleExperiments suggest that taurine, an unusual amino acid, can extend some animals' life spans, but it's unclear if it would work in humans.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
-
Primates have been masturbating for at least 40 million yearsResearchers 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.
By Hannah Osborne Published
-
Elon Musk's Neuralink 'brain chips' cleared for 1st in-human trialsBrain 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.
By Sarah Moore Published
-
Cockatoos join humans and chimps as only species that can use a set of toolsIn 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.
By Harry Baker Published
-
52 million years ago, strange primates lived in complete darkness in the ArcticDuring the Eocene, the Arctic was a warm, swampy place that these primates called home.
By Cameron Duke Published
-
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?
By Meg Duff Published
-
Humans' big-brain genes may have come from 'junk DNA'"De novo" genes may have paved the way for humans' big brains.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
