Animal world
Orangutans eat baby meat
One scientist saw two orangutan chicks in Indonesia. People have never witnessed this behavior in any primates.
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134 published items.
Animal world
Evolution of night vision in primates
In a growing fetus, cell development follows a very strict cycle.
Animal world
Primate animals also know how to laugh
A study in the UK showed that all large primates could laugh like humans.
Animal world
Tiny monkey re-emerged after 86 years
On a foggy mountain peak on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, scientists discovered one of the smallest and rarest primates on the planet, Tarsier dwarf monkey.
Animal world
Why some primates can live with HIV without AIDS
Important differences in immune system signaling and the formation of immune-regulating molecules may explain why some primates can live with the immunodeficiency virus…
Animal world
Chimpanzees are easy to transmit dangerous diseases
Children close to wild chimpanzees can transmit dangerous diseases to the rest of the family. A 22-year long-term study of respiratory infections in chimpanzees found th…
Animal world
Discovered populations of large bamboo lemurs threatened in Madagascar
Researchers in Madagascar have confirmed the existence of a large bamboo lemur population located only one where the lemur is in a very fragile state of 400 kilometers (…
Animal world
Research on canine strength of primates
The work of measuring and examining the teeth of living primates can open a window to understand the earliest behavior of humanity, based on their fossil remains.
Animal world
Going with two legs starting with pear action?
Somewhere in the dark past, about 4 to 7 million years ago, the primates of today's primates, including our species, have done something new. When temporarily standing o…
Animal world
Human viruses threaten primates
Caring for gorillas and chimpanzees for tourism purposes is seen as a way to conserve endangered primates. However, there are concerns that tourism development may cause…
Animal world
Announced 25 most endangered primates in the world
International conservation organizations on October 26 published the latest list of 25 primates that are about to disappear from the earth, including four in Vietnam. Pr…
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…
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.
Environment
Dozens of relatives of people are about to disappear
Cat Ba and the Eastern black crested gibbon of Vietnam are in the list of 25 endangered primates.
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…