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May 16, 2022
By combining screams, chimps seem to know 400 ‘words’
In more than 900 hours of recordings from wild chimpanzees, researchers heard hundreds of unique phrases that could resemble a language.
Jun 23, 2020
Lefties aren’t as weird as you might think
When and why did humans choose right handedness as the more popular trait? William Hopkins wants to know.
Apr 02, 2020
COVID-19 is interrupting lab animal research, sometimes fatally
Scientists across the country have needed to abruptly halt their work, leaving research animals in limbo.
Dec 16, 2019
Monkey mouth sounds could push the evolution of speech back by 27 million years
Only humans have full language, but whether primates had any of language’s key elements is still hotly debated.
Jul 10, 2019
Gorillas can be cliquey, too. Here’s what that says about our own social lives.
Social hierarchies may predate humans.
Jul 17, 2018
These tiny tree shrews can handle hotter peppers than you
And now we know why they can handle the heat
Jun 22, 2018
Koko, the beloved gorilla who communicated through sign-language, dies at age 46
Remembering, as Koko once put it, a 'fine-gorilla-person.'
Dec 07, 2017
Cuddling up may keep red-bellied lemurs healthy
Hugging spreads microbes, and microbes are (usually) good for you.
Apr 07, 2017
These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo
Mandrills, they're just like us!
