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Apes' Cozy Nests Yield Clues About Human Evolution

Melissa Cronin 04.17.2012

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/16/2012 03:04 PM EDT on LiveScience When they are ready to snuggle up at the...

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WATCH: Celebs Support Ban On Chimpanzee Testing

James Gerken 02.21.2012

From Mother Nature Network's Michael d'Estries: Just over a year ago, Woody Harrelson sent a letter on behalf of PETA urging officials...

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Baby Gorilla Arrives At Pittsburgh Zoo

02.17.2012

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Zoo has a new baby gorilla in its midst. Zoo officials say 15-year-old Moka gave birth...

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Seven Things We Can Learn About Love From Bonobos

Cara Santa Maria 02.14.2012

Here are seven things we can learn about love from bonobos, as described by Dr. Christopher Ryan.

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PHOTOS: Are These Animals Artists?

Travis Korte 02.13.2012

Is it art? That’s a question artists sometimes hear about their own work. But a new exhibition at a London museum raises the question...

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WATCH: Chimp Research: The Beginning Of The End?

Cara Santa Maria 01. 9.2012

Other than the West African nation of Gabon, we are the only country in the entire world that still experiments on chimps.

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Is Monogamy Natural?

Cara Santa Maria 11.10.2011

I fear that some of our discussions about human sexuality thus far have confused the term "natural" with the term "normal." Natural can...

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Singer Mates with Wild Ape in Controversial Video

Andrew Shapter 08. 1.2011

According to the script from the new movie, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," scientists have accidentally boosted apes' intelligence,...

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What Foreigners Can Learn at the Shanghai Zoo

Tom Doctoroff 05. 6.2011

There are two Chinas, one falling and one rising. At the Shanghai Zoo, both are on display. Pessimists will shake their heads at stultifying...

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For CareerBuilder Chimps, Sadly, the Joke Is On Them

Brenda Scott Royce 02.12.2011

AdAge has joined the growing cry to halt the use of great apes in advertising, editorializing that despite their comic potential, "It's...

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Ape Heads And Body Parts Seized In Huge Gabon Bust

01.20.2011

JOHANNESBURG — Authorities in Central Africa have arrested five people who were found with the heads of 12 chimpanzees and an endangered...

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Going Ape In Central Africa: Meeting Our Closest Cousins In The Near-Wild Within Easy Reach Of Major Cities

Mike Arkus 10.12.2010

If you should happen upon two of the less visited African capitals and you don't have the time for days of travel to see them in their...

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Sara Gruen 09. 1.2010

On an unusually hot spring day, Panbanisha and I sat on a blanket on the grass near a wooded area. In front of us were plates of cookies...

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Up Close and Personal With Ardi, World's Oldest Human Ancestor

eSarcasm 10.10.2009

eSarcasm managed to score an exclusive interview with Ardi. Here she talks about what it's like to be the world's first hip hop diva, and...

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