The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like?

Researchers may have stumbled upon 'ground zero' for a deadly virus that kills nine in ten patients infected with it.

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question ...

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The cormorant has bitten off considerably more than it can chew. It stands on a rock in the middle of the river, a huge catfish clamped in its beak, its red eyes agape with the incredulity of a ...

By the time this article hits the mailboxes it will be February 20th. It already feels like spring is here, although I’ve been fooled before. I’ve been looking at that 10-day forecast, and I just ...

Calling Black people the “N-Word” is harmful, regardless of intent.

Spear's struggle to find acceptance in his zombified state, from his best friend, continues as the third season of “Primal” ...

Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention to a younger brother or sister. By Annie Roth Annie Roth has reported on ...

Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) get jealous of their siblings' grooming sessions. Delaunay et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2026) If you have siblings, you may remember fighting for your ...

A popular refrain in the local press and on social media is that residents and baboons could, and therefore should, coexist harmoniously on the Cape Peninsula. Justification for this approach is ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eats steak for breakfast, and has been accused by family members of blending up mice and chickens to feed his hawks and cutting off a dead whale’s head to bring it home. But he ...