Latest

The US just met a major vaccination goal—but it’s not enough
Aug 03, 2021 7:00 PM
Health
Pollution could be harming sperm around the world
Aug 03, 2021 5:25 PM
Health
Giraffe grandmas help keep herds going
Aug 03, 2021 4:00 PM
Animals
These futuristic shoe inserts could make navigation easier for the visually impaired
Aug 03, 2021 7:15 PM
Technology
The best platforms to launch your own email newsletter
Aug 03, 2021 4:06 PM
DIY
Shark Week may be hurting, not helping, its namesake creature
Aug 03, 2021 1:00 PM
Animals
To shore up packaging recycling, Maine is making businesses foot the bill
Aug 03, 2021 12:00 PM
Environment
Best full-spectrum CBD oil
Aug 03, 2021 11:59 AM
Sponsored Post
Fight household pests with a friendly army of plants and insects
Aug 03, 2021 10:36 AM
DIY
How does menstruation affect my muscle performance?
Aug 03, 2021 8:00 AM
Health

Featured in primates

By Jun 23, 2020
Science

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.
By Apr 2, 2020
Science

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.
By Dec 16, 2019
Animals

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.
By Oct 14, 2019
Animals

Five reasons to celebrate Colobus Day

Columbus who?
By Jul 10, 2019
Animals

Gorillas can be cliquey, too. Here’s what that says about our own social lives.

Social hierarchies may predate humans.
By Jul 17, 2018
Animals

These tiny tree shrews can handle hotter peppers than you

And now we know why they can handle the heat
By Jun 22, 2018
Animals

Koko, the beloved gorilla who communicated through sign-language, dies at age 46

Remembering, as Koko once put it, a 'fine-gorilla-person.'
By Dec 7, 2017
Health

Cuddling up may keep red-bellied lemurs healthy

Hugging spreads microbes, and microbes are (usually) good for you.
By Apr 7, 2017
Animals

These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo

Mandrills, they're just like us!
By Aug 26, 2016
Science

How Your Spit Evolved

Rapidly, to account for humans' changing diets, according to a new gene study