An 18-million-year-old jawbone discovered in Egypt challenges the long-held view that East Africa was the cradle of our ...

The internet’s latest absurd obsession is: who would win in a no-rules fight between 100 average human men and one adult male ...

Scientists call this phenomenon emotional mimicry. Biologists and psychologists consider this automatic matching of another’s ...

From tool-using chimpanzees to puzzle-solving capuchins, the primate world is packed with surprising brainpower. But how do ...

She performed a song while using sign language so her deaf sister could experience every word and emotion. It was more than just a performance — it was a beautiful way of sharing music beyond sound.

A monkey descending a tree trunk often keeps its head up, moving almost like a cautious climber backing down a ladder. Squirrels and many other mammals, by contrast, tend to go headfirst. That ...

Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their environments, providing insights into the evolution of the distinct upright postures ...

On Sunday night, many Puerto Ricans in the territory’s Deaf community gathered at the Eco’s Sports Park in San Juan. The friends, family members and interpreters were tuning into Super Bowl LX, just ...

In a unanimous vote Monday, OHSU’s board gave the green light to explore a plan to transition the Oregon National Primate Research Center to a monkey sanctuary. Last week, OHSU officials announced the ...

The Oregon National Primate Research Center in 2010. (Mike Perrault) The Oregon Health & Science University board on Monday approved a plan to negotiate with the federal government over the future of ...