Humans have practiced some form of yodeling since at least the 13th century, when Marco Polo encountered Tibetan monks on his travels who used the vocal technique for long-distance communication. It’s ...

Researchers found that New World monkeys can produce extreme yodeling-like sounds by rapidly switching between their vocal folds (for low tones) and specialized vocal membranes (for high tones), ...

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Learn how 3D models of primate birth canals found that squirrel monkeys, bushbabies, and other small species may face a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Have you ever wondered what kind of video content would most grab the attention of monkeys? A new study of long-tailed macaques suggests the monkeys seem to like some of the same kind ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded wild monkeys in the Amazon contracting human hepatitis B virus (HBV). The researchers warn that the situation could get much worse as deforestation brings ...

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity, ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

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