The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

Primate star Troy Kotsur talks about bringing audiences into his world without sound in a new behind-the-scenes featurette.

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Researchers used miniature human brains grown in the lab to uncover why certain genetic mutations lead to abnormally small ...

The zoo announced Friday that on the morning of Dec. 7, zookeepers discovered Kivuli, the black-and-white colobus monkey, had ...

Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and ...

A stem-cell-based monkey embryo model that self-organizes into a comprehensive body plan could lead the way to more-sophisticated models of early human development. Xiangyu Kong is in the Department ...

A tourist kisses a monkey at the Jaguar Animal Rescue Center in Puerto Viejo de Limon, Costa Rica, in August 2010. AMSTERDAM (Reuters) — Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with ...

AMSTERDAM — Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, according to a study published on Wednesday. Researchers from ...

New research suggests the first kiss didn’t start with humans at all — but with ancient primates more than 21 million years ago. This deep-dive explains how kissing evolved as a survival behaviour, ...