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- Deep-Fried and Still Alive: 5 Culinary Practices As Cruel As the Chinese Deep-Fried Fish 24 Nov 2009 00:15 GMT
... like the horse -- is a service animal and one with which humans tend to form ... killed and sold is primate-based. That is: gorilla, chimpanzee or bonobo (you know the bonobo as ...
- Hobbits Are A New Human Species 24 Nov 2009 05:15 GMT
... more similar to the brains of a chimpanzee or bipedal "ape-men" of East and South Africa. The skull ... normal modern human. Statistical analysis of skull shapes show modern humans cluster together in one ...
- 'Mother Lode' of Gorillas Remains Vulnerable 23 Nov 2009 23:11 GMT
... The swamp also supports large numbers of chimpanzees, red colobus monkeys, elephants, and other rain forest species. According ... a new protected area to safeguard these gorillas and their unique environment for the benefit ...
- Congo's 'Mother Lode' of Gorillas Remains Vulnerable 23 Nov 2009 23:51 GMT
... The swamp also supports large numbers of chimpanzees, red colobus monkeys, elephants, and other rain forest species. According ... a new protected area to safeguard these gorillas and their unique environment for the benefit ...
- Vaccine quest boosted by HIV that infects monkeys 23 Nov 2009 12:33 GMT
... AN HIV virus modified to infect monkeys could be a big step forward for ... no effective way of testing them in animals. All that could change if the new ... AIDS epidemic, HIV therapies were tested on chimpanzees, the virus's original host. But HIV doesn't ...
- Uganda's tourism shines in London 23 Nov 2009 23:51 GMT
... backcloths. The eye-catcher were dancers dressed in gorilla costumes performing Runyege, Magunju, Kadodi, among other ... is the director of Ngamba Island, a chimpanzee sanctuary, which involves the surrounding communities in ... involves the surrounding communities in conserving the animals. She missed the event because she failed to ...
- Saving our distant Cussons 23 Nov 2009 07:15 GMT
... It may be a blessing in disguise, for Cussons, whose work rescuing and rehabilitating chimpanzees is the subject of Animal Planet's compelling Escape to Chimp Eden series, but since Oprah interviewed Charla Nash, who was horribly disfigured ...
- 'Ardi' discoverer to speak at Indiana University 23 Nov 2009 15:43 GMT
... human line diverged from that leading to chimpanzees. It was Haile-Selassie who, in November 1994, ... individuals, along with fossils of dozens of animal and plant species. The results are helping ... the evolution of modern humans from ancient apes. The Stone Age Institute, directed by Indiana ...
- Dog-serpent tale sets writer-broadcaster Erika Ritter on literal journey 23 Nov 2009 22:33 GMT
... Cradle, The Serpent Beneath: Some Paradoxes of Human-Animal Relationships," which is up for a Writers' ... owner of a farm for "retired" research chimpanzees in Quebec. Such encounters are recounted with ...
- Orangutans at Great Ape Trust of Iowa will leave Iowa in 2013 19 Nov 2009 14:33 GMT
... The orangutans of Great Ape Trust of Iowa will ... Iowa will be shipped to a Midwestern zoo in 2013, officials confirmed Wednesday, dashing hopes ... great apes - bonobos, orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees - because of the flooding last year ...
- Orangutans at Great Ape Trust of Iowa will leave in 2013 19 Nov 2009 15:34 GMT
... The orangutans of Great Ape Trust of Iowa will ... Iowa will be shipped to a Midwestern zoo in 2013, officials confirmed Wednesday, dashing hopes ... great apes - bonobos, orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees - because of the flooding last year ...
- Orangutans leaving Des Moines 19 Nov 2009 20:16 GMT
... Great Ape Trust plans to move its orangutans from its flood-damaged facility in Des Moines, ... in Des Moines, adding the study of chimpanzees and gorillas. The orangutans are scheduled to ... has signed an agreement with an unidentified zoo, but officials would not say Wednesday whether ...
- In-Group Conformity Sustains Different Foraging Traditions in Capuchin Monkeys (italic>Cebus apella/italic>) 22 Nov 2009 05:17 GMT
... Conformity Sustains Different Foraging Traditions in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella) In-Group Conformity Sustains Different Foraging ... repertoires encompassing multiple traditions in wild great apes, a picture crucially complemented by experimental simulations ... which such cultural phenomena have been reported, chimpanzees and humans. ...
- Jane Goodall writes about hope for animals and their world 18 Nov 2009 22:33 GMT
... in Calif. , the world-recognized authority on chimpanzees, brings forth her latest book, Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are ... kingdom. The book is written with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard and also with Gail ...
- Tigers, pythons, chimpanzees: Exotic, but wild 22 Nov 2009 06:30 GMT
... after being attacked by her friend's "pet" chimpanzee, has experienced unimaginable pain and suffering--as she ... prohibiting the keeping of dangerous and wild animals by private individuals. How can this be ...
- Chance: Monkey on the bike keeps me waiting, waiting 18 Nov 2009 20:53 GMT
... Chance: Monkey on the bike keeps me waiting, waiting ... someone who only speaks Klingon, or a chimpanzee on a bicycle, smoking cigarettes. And there ...
- A miraculous gene that's become the talk of the town 22 Nov 2009 21:36 GMT
... and interfered with their learning. All higher animals from flies and mice to monkeys have some version of the language gene, ... impaired, and its brain was subtly altered. Chimpanzees have the FOXP2 gene too. Theirs is ...
- Hobbit was ancient human species, study suggests 20 Nov 2009 04:41 GMT
... with those of living humans, including modern pygmies, and more similar to those of chimpanzees and ancient hominins such as the bipedal "ape men" of Africa. While some scientists have argued the hobbit's head was unusually small because ...
- Creation-evolution debate perseveres in town where battle lines laid down. 22 Nov 2009 00:58 GMT
... proposition that all species of plants and animals descended from a few primordial forms through ... radio broadcasts from the courtroom and circus chimpanzees on Market Street, and a deadly serious ... one week later. ``Man is not a mammal!'' Bryan announced at the trial, leading H.L. ...
- FWC seeks input on captive wildlife rules 21 Nov 2009 20:36 GMT
... if people shipping or delivering live wild animals via interstate or intrastate commerce should label such ... in the shipment. Class I wildlife include gorillas, chimpanzees, lions, leopards, tigers and bears. Class II ...
- Developing a Community Through Forest Preservation [column] 18 Nov 2009 09:34 GMT
... to protect the forest and its valuable animals got a boost in 2003, when a ... have also received support from North England Zoological Society in the area of research, DHL ... the centre told THISDAY that the Nigerian/Cameroon chimpanzees, patinos monkeys, buffalos and several tree species ...
- Rocky needs a giant panda 18 Nov 2009 09:06 GMT
... The new digs for our charismatic Rocky chimpanzees looked five-star when I took a peek ... a peek during a visit to the zoo on Sunday. I reckon the new chimp house ... suggestion before it’s dismissed as nothing but monkey business? Hmm, food for thought. Pass the ...
- Bow sends pundits chattering 18 Nov 2009 01:55 GMT
... about it in his book “The Hundredth Monkey.” Keyes studied the monkeys on Japan’s Koshima ... improving her diet. I’m talking about the chimpanzee-like noises being made by the right-wing political ...
- Right-Handed Chimps Provide Clues 18 Nov 2009 01:20 GMT
... Uncovering another link between chimpanzees and humans, a new study found chimps ... our ancestors. They say the gestures in apes share key features with human language, including ...
- Pets picking up H1N1 18 Nov 2009 06:53 GMT
... around the world have been reported infected. Animals have long been known to be a source ... ducks. AIDS appears to have come from chimpanzees and possibly gorillas. Ebola virus comes from bats while rabies ...
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