In early 1961, Ham the chimpanzee underwent more than 200 hours of training - pressing levers in response to flashing lights for rewards, being tested under g-forces, and staged in mock capsules — all ...

On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee by the name of Ham blasted off on a Mercury-Redstone rocket and became the first hominid to ...

In Burundi, large-scale tea production is hampering efforts to protect endangered species, such as chimpanzees. A tea plantation stretches as far as the eye can see on the edge of Kibira National Park ...

Jan. 31 marks the day Ham, a chimpanzee, was launched into sub-orbital space in a Mercury capsule aboard a Redstone rocket to ...

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Purrs of contentment. Soulful eyes locked on yours over dinner. Valentine's Day? Not for pet owners. For those of us who ...

In A Nutshell Kanzi, a 43-year-old bonobo, successfully tracked pretend juice poured between empty cups, choosing the correct cup 68% of the time across 50 trials: the first controlled experimental ...

Antoine Fuqua's long-awaited Michael Jackson biopic is due out in just two months, and now we finally have a full-length trailer for the project, which stars Jackson's own nephew, Jaafar Jackson, as ...

It has long been known that apes can plan ahead and consider the beliefs of other individuals, but no reproducible evidence ...

Past anecdotal observations have hinted that great apes play pretend. But now, experimental research shows that our closest living relatives can keep track of imaginary objects.

A team of biologists captured footage of a mother-pup pair as they ventured on an eight-hour foraging trip.

These are some of the best space museums in the United States that showcase space exploration through interactive exhibits, ...