Howler monkeys are relatively small primates known for their incredibly loud, low-frequency roars that sound as if they come from a much larger creature. This is useful in the animal kingdom because ...

Neuroscientists are tracking the brain activity that underlies a cognitive breakthrough and unraveling how it might boost ...

The rockhead poacher is a little fish with a big pit in its head. The divot may be like a drum, making sound that rises above ...

Chinese New Year marks the start of the New Year based on the lunisolar calendar, which falls on the first new moon between ...

A pesky “motivation brake” may control when we can be bothered to do something, and when we’d rather put it off.

Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...

There are many traditions for ushering out the old year and ringing in the new, and among those to be enjoyed with a stiff drink and a sense of grim humor is Sen. Rand Paul's (R–Ky.) annual Festivus ...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Senator Rand Paul has released his annual ‘Festivus’ report highlighting over $1.6 trillion in government spending. This includes over $1.22 trillion in interest payments on ...

I’m a wildlife veterinarian specializing in monkeys, so I know there are ways to prevent the recent incident in Mississippi where eight monkeys escaped during transport from a research lab in New ...

We are calling on the U.S. Congress to fund care for the estimated 200 primates who will no longer be used in research following the news that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has instructed staffers to end all monkey research, according to a report in Science. The decision will affect studies involving some 200 macaques; ...

Late last year, as residents of a small Lowcountry town rounded up monkeys on the loose from a local breeding farm, work crews began preparing hundreds of other primates for grueling journeys across ...