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Video: Female Monkeys Throw Stones To Attract Males

Throwing a stoneTiago Falótico and Eduardo B. Ottoni / PLOS ONETo signal their readiness to mate and get males' attention, some female capuchin monkeys in a Brazilian forest reserve have taken to...

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This Man Invented the Next Fad Diet

© Maki Naro Was talking to some acquaintances at PAX South in San Antonio about workout regimens and came up with what is quite possibly the best/worst new diet ever. I mean look at the results. Have...

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New Species On Human Family Tree Discovered In Ancient Mass Grave

Mark Thiessen/National GeographicA reconstruction of Homo naledi’s head by paleoartist John Gurche, who spent some 700 hours recreating the head from bone scans. The find was announced by the...

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A Concept Wooden Car, A Suit That Makes You Feel 85, And Other Amazing Images...

Science Plus, NASA released 2.95 million new images of Earth

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How Ancient Human-Like "Hobbits" Got So Small

Science Our most recent ancestor shrank into Homo floresiensis after millennia of isolation New fossils found on the Indonesian island of Flores reveal the existence of another small hominid that...

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New Zika Study Results Could Help Design A Vaccine

Health The study on monkeys showed how long the virus lasts, and that it inoculates against future infections The study, which is the first one to look at Zika in primates in a lab, found that a...

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Female Bonobos' Phony Sex Displays Let Them Pick Mates At Leisure

Animals Gaining an evolutionary advantage Bonobos are way ahead of humans when it comes to “girl power.”…

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Watch Baby Macaques “Smile” In Their Sleep

Animals It’s not just for baby humans and chimps Humans and chimpanzees are not the only primates to practice smiling in their sleep. Japanese macaques, a more distant relative, do it too.

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How Your Spit Evolved

Science Rapidly, to account for humans' changing diets, according to a new gene study A new genetic analysis offers clues about how saliva evolved in humans and other primates.

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These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo

Animals Mandrills, they're just like us! Mandrills are social creatures, but they've developed ways to avoid spreading parasites to one another. Read on.

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