On Feb. 16, 2009, a chimpanzee named Travis — who had appeared in Old Navy commercials — attacked Charla Nash, a friend of ...

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Koalas might appear to be all cuddly and sleepy, but these star Australian marsupials are full of interesting surprises. Slightly resembling teddy bears, these marsupials are tree-climbing mammals ...

Koalas are not entirely alone in the animal kingdom when it comes to fingerprints. Other primates, such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, also have fingerprint ridges similar to humans.

Although koala fingerprints are remarkably similar to those of humans, they are not unique. Some other animals, such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, also have fingerprints that are similar ...

Or that dolphins can get genital herpes and koalas ... wanted a human cardiologist to come and work alongside the veterinarians. Occasionally I’d get a call to go to the zoo for a chimpanzee ...

Chimpanzees and humans already share 98.8% of the same DNA — they might as well learn to share conversation, too. New research has found that chimps send “rapid fire” gestures back and forth ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the chimpanzee and found that humans are 96 percent similar to the great ape species. "Darwin wasn't just provocative in saying that we descend from the ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience research and mental health treatment. Humans and chimpanzees are ...

The team found that in monkeys, including baboons and rhesus macaques, the Tbxt gene was missing a chunk of DNA that’s found in humans, chimpanzees ... at all such as koalas, capybaras and ...