A University of Auckland scientist has uncovered the fates of chimpanzees who starred in seminal psychological studies of the ...

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The chimpanzee was the first hominid in suborbital flight in 1961, only months before Soviet and American humans would follow in the Space Race.

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When drought conditions hit, researchers say some flowering plants get stressed and can alter their smell, colour and nectar ...

Zoo officials said they traveled to a Tennessee elephant sanctuary in June to assess its suitability for their 57-year-old elephant named Patty following years of pressure from animal rights activists ...

It is nearly midnight in New York when my mother Zooms me from India. She is in her kitchen in the home where I grew up, washing rice. I am in my office in ...

Nyack History A to Z In 1919, a country club unlike any other arrived in Upper Nyack.The Clarkstown Country Club, the first ...

A humanoid robot has entered the operating theatre. Meet Surgie, the world's first humanoid robot to perform surgeries on ...