Researchers have published the first comparative analysis of downward climbing behaviours across a broad range of small mammal species, with insights into the evolution of primates’ arboreal upright ...

Chimpanzees in Africa use tools, communicate with gestures, and show emotional responses. They live in forest habitats across ...

Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a by-product of other traits shaped by natural selection ...

Abstract: Tools extend the manipulation abilities of robots, much like they do for humans. Despite human expertise in tool manipulation, teaching robots these skills faces challenges. The complexity ...

Thomas Kuhn, the 20th-century historian of science who coined the phrase “paradigm shift,” had a name for such breakdowns in ...

Digital tools allow archaeologists to identify similarities between fragments and artifacts and potentially recover previously unknown parts of their stories.

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

Meanwhile, medical research has changed. We can now study human disease using patient-derived cells, human organoids, ...

However, careful reexaminations indicate the “little awl” is far more significant than originally believed—so much so that it ...

Rooks are smart enough to use tools and solve puzzles, and at one theme park they even learned to clean up human trash.

According to YouGov surveys, 15 per cent of British men and 22 per cent of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a ...

Our guide to one of our closest relatives – the gorilla, including the difference between the two species, why they're ...