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Our geometric intuition, long considered something that sets us apart, seems to be shared with other primates.

The Habitat Patch Program guides City of Trees residents who want their yards to be habitats where birds and insects thrive.

When my family and I visited my sister Annie in California last summer, I was excited to see her new house—but more excited to meet a neighbor she’d told me a lot about. Despite being a frequent ...

A new study offers a glimpse into the evolutionary path toward human language—through laughter. In a new study, ape species more closely related to humans, such as chimpanzees, were able to laugh ...

Netflix announced today at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival that Fool Night — Kasumi Yasuda's acclaimed seinen manga about a dystopian future where dying humans are surgically ...

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A new study suggests early humans were using fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave as far back as 1.79 million years ago. Researchers found burned bones deep inside the cave, where natural wildfires ...

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court is being asked to free two elephants at the Honolulu Zoo based on the idea that the animals are entitled to legal personhood. Big Island residents Kelden and Kalehua Lee were ...

If you were asked to stand up and walk in any direction, which way would you go? According to new research, regardless of if you are right-handed or left-handed, you are most likely to turn in a ...

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Imagine walking through a forest and feeling an unexpected touch on your shoulder, only to turn around and find a chimpanzee extending its hand toward you in friendship. This incredible moment isn’t ...