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In chimpanzee communities, strong social ties can be a matter of life and death not just for the adults who form them, but ...

The Persian is one of the most popular cat breeds, probably because it's best known for being one of the calmest breeds. Not ...

In a heartening development, conservationists reintroduced platypuses to the Hacking River in New South Wales, Australia.

Following the Nielson Report on the status and influence of Asian Americans in the US CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA summarises the extent to which persons of Indian origin particularly Hindus have contributed t ...

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our ...

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