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The 'masters' communicate in the animal world
Animal world

The 'masters' communicate in the animal world

Detecting chimpanzees with the ability to 'chat' with hands can help the scientific community better understand the development of language. However, this is not the onl…

December 16, 2018
Chimp also lives in caves like prehistoric people
Animal world

Chimp also lives in caves like prehistoric people

Desert chimpanzees, in addition to being able to create weapons to hunt other primates, can also find shelter in caves like the ancestors of prehistoric humans. A study c

December 16, 2018
Gibbons 'sing' to ward off enemies
Animal world

Gibbons 'sing' to ward off enemies

When the white-handed gibbons discovered a leopard lurking near the shelter, instead of secretly watching, the primates would quietly approach the suspicious and shout a…

December 16, 2018
3 more new lemurs species discovered
Animal world

3 more new lemurs species discovered

Famous for being the only residence of lemurs, Madagascar discovered three more species of timid primates. These 3 new lemurs have been officially named in an internatio…

December 16, 2018
Protecting primates at Son Tra peninsula
Environment

Protecting primates at Son Tra peninsula

Nearly 50 students of the Department of Biology, University of Education (Danang University) and the Zoological Association of Frankfurt (Germany) have just gone to the…

December 16, 2018
The tragedy of Vietnamese primates
Environment

The tragedy of Vietnamese primates

In early 2010, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said: the existence of 303/634 primate species in the world is seriously threatened.

December 16, 2018
The coastal city warmed up by monkeys
Environment

The coastal city warmed up by monkeys

Puerto Rican islanders were shocked to learn that the government allowed a company to import monkeys to breed and breed.

December 16, 2018
Nearly half of primates are endangered
Environment

Nearly half of primates are endangered

48% of the 634 species of primates worldwide are facing extinction, caused by deforestation and indiscriminate hunting of humans, according to a World Conservation Union…

December 16, 2018
Successful rescue of a gray-shanked douc langur
Environment

Successful rescue of a gray-shanked douc langur

On the morning of July 11, the National Primate Rescue Center (Cuc Phuong National Park) received and successfully rescued a gray-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix cinerea)…

December 16, 2018
The tiny monkey is just 10cm taller
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The tiny monkey is just 10cm taller

As one of the smallest and most rare primates, the Tarsier dwarf monkey was once thought to be extinct since 1921. However, 86 years later, they once again re-emerged.

December 15, 2018