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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