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The baboon knows how to count
Animal world

The baboon knows how to count

Jessica Cantlon, an assistant professor at the University of Rochester, USA, and colleagues observed eight olive baboons aged 4 to 14. More than 50 experiments were perf…

December 16, 2018
Culture in the monkey world
Animal world

Culture in the monkey world

Research on wild Vervet monkeys in South Africa shows that primates also know how to integrate and adapt to culture.

December 16, 2018
Solve the yawning chain effect in animals
Animal world

Solve the yawning chain effect in animals

Scientists have long discovered that yawning is a contagious phenomenon. If there is a yawn, many other people will yawn right away. Interestingly, this trait is also re…

December 16, 2018
The way the primates' brains look
Animal world

The way the primates' brains look

The primates' brains see the world through triangular grids, according to a new study published online October 28 in the journal Nature.

December 16, 2018
Drop the white buttock to the forest
Animal world

Drop the white buttock to the forest

Yesterday, the Endangered Primate Rescue Center (EPRC), Ninh Binh released two white butt langurs - Vietnam's endemic species to nature.

December 16, 2018
Monkey squirts as big as a finger
Animal world

Monkey squirts as big as a finger

At Eberswald Provincial Zoo (Germany) in a squirrel monkey family, there are 3 extremely lovely baby monkeys attracting the attention of many people, especially young ch…

December 16, 2018
Release Cat Ba langur to nature
Animal world

Release Cat Ba langur to nature

Scientists have successfully relocated two Cat Ba langurs to the national park so that they can breed, avoiding the danger of extinction of endemic species of Vietnam.

December 16, 2018
Discover colorful monkeys
Animal world

Discover colorful monkeys

Scientists have discovered monkeys with colorful fur living in forests in the central Democratic Republic of Congo and they claim they are species that scientists have n…

December 16, 2018