Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number ...
Should apes be treated like people? Under a resolution headed for passage in the Spanish parliament, respecting the personal rights of “our non-human brothers” won’t just be a good idea. It’ll be the ...
New research shows that apes have a better memory than some humans. A research team studied a group of apes as the animals were shown photos of old friends — some of which they hadn’t seen in over 25 ...
English actor Andy Serkis stands in the middle of a battle -- and it's not between apes and humans. It's in defense of actors doing performance capture, the technology that enabled him to crawl inside ...
Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three ...
When it's time to be vaccinated, the apes at the San Diego Zoo and its associated safari park sit still and allow veterinarians to inject their arms through a barrier. "It's pretty amazing," said San ...
"No animals were harmed in the making of this film." For years, that sentence, found in the end credits of most Hollywood films, has relieved the concerns of moviegoers sensitive to the treatment of ...
The title for this post is motivated by Thomas Nagel's classic essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" Since it was published in 1974, we have learned a lot more from comparative research about the ...
About 20 animals at Blank Park Zoo received their first COVID-19 vaccination shots last week. Workers at the Des Moines zoo on Thursday gave doses to lions, rhinoceroses, tigers, otters and a giraffe, ...
Like joy and grief, anxiety is something we share with certain other animals. Chimpanzees and elephants sometimes get anxious. Dogs and cats too. They are aware creatures who — at times — becomes ...
Rob is a risk taker—the kind of guy who climbs mountains just because they are there. And he’ll be the first to tell you that he does it for the rush. Kristin is more reserved, but don’t ask her about ...
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