22+ hour, 2+ min ago   (314+ words) Reptiles made up a big portion of their diet 2:01 PM CDT on August 17, 2026 The Natufian site of el-Wad Terrace in Israel was inhabited from about 15,000 to 11,700 years ago, during a time when people were starting to live more stationary lives....

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (579+ words) The use of stone tools is not a skill unique to humans and our extinct ancestors. Some monkeys also select suitable stones and use them to obtain food that they cannot easily open with their teeth or hands. Among them…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (837+ words) By SEGUJJA BYOMUGABI & Alex Ashaba For over three decades, residents living around Katyobona Private Forest Reserve and Kagombe Forest Reserve in Kagadi District, have lived at the centre of a growing human-wildlife conflict. Chimpanzee attacks have become a recurring threat,…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (376+ words) Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For more than three decades, Willie Tucker has helped care for Sierra Leone’s western chimpanzees and watched the pressures on them change, reports…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (376+ words) Researchers have long observed chimps swallowing rough leaves whole to expel parasites from their intestines. Several hours later, the affected chimp passes stools containing both the undigested leaves and often a considerable number of parasites like worms. Whatever the leaf…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (949+ words) Barrels of cherries. Handfuls of snow. A stuffed Eeyore, laid to rest amongst an offering of sunflowers and roses. Grief and joy, joy and grief always go hand-in-hand, one caregiver writes. It’s too quiet now, says another. Negra, the "Queen…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (655+ words) Rangahau me te auahatanga Research and innovation Faculty of Science, Psychology Dr Javier Virués-Ortega goes beyond the experiments recounted in textbooks. A University of Auckland scientist has told the life stories of chimpanzees who starred in seminal psychology studies in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (450+ words) New study reveals that visible traces of past tool use can outweigh material properties when primates select tools image: This capuchin monkey cracks open a cashew nut using the "experimental stones". It achieves this by placing the nut on a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (373+ words) The Times of India The mere thought of creepy crawlers can leave anyone freaked out, while most of us think that most of these crawlers thrive in humid summer nights, damp basements, or sunbaked rocks But a surprising group of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (394+ words) New study reveals that visible traces of past tool use can outweigh material properties when primates select tools This capuchin monkey cracks open a cashew nut using the experimental stones. It achieves this by placing the nut on a soft…...