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Smarter Foragers Do Not Forage Smarter
Smithsonian Magazine· 13 hours agoPrimates, including humans, have larger brains than most other mammals, but why? A team from the Max Planck Institute of Animal...that the fruit-diet...
Surprising Evolutionary Insights Revealed by First Complete Chromosome Sequences From Great Apes
SciTechDaily· 11 hours agoComplete X and Y chromosome sequences from six different primate species have been successfully...
Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food
The Conversation· 2 days agoThanks to our large brains, humans and non-human primates are smarter than most mammals. The leading hypothesis for how primates evolved ...
It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier· 6 days agoIt's so hot in Mexico, howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 138 of the midsize ...
Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Zoo re-opens with adorable new baby animals and this rare species
NY Post metro via Yahoo News· 6 days agoZoo guests, Gibbs...public pathways and exhibit buildings have also been repaired. WCSâs Prospect...
Zoo hopes monkeys will breed to help save species
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoKim Cartwright said: "They're an adorable addition but more importantly, being such a rare species in the wild, it's an opportunity to educate our guests...
Scientists discover why this endangered monkey’s nose is so big | FOX 28 Spokane
FOX 28 Spokane· 6 days agoThe male of the endangered species’ droopy conk evolved to attract mates, say scientists....
Researchers decode how elephants form "sentences," lending insight to their complex communication
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSo finding this capacity between elephants, although quite expected for people who know elephants,...
Visitors can now see new baby animals at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoNamed Patrick, the Dama gazelle is providing hope for the rarest of all gazelle species with fewer...
Human And Chimp DNA Is 98.8 Percent Identical – So How Are We So Different?
IFLScience· 1 day agoHumans and chimpanzees are thought to have split from a common ancestor around six million years...
