Call for earwigs in classrooms
A University of St Andrews biologist claims that earwigs could become a valuable learning resource for Scottish school pupils.
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Survival skills of injured chimps
Pic caption: Pandora, an adult gorilla which Professor Byrne studied at Karisoke, Rwanda. Her right hand is cut off across the palm - only the lowest segment of the thumb retains any movement and her left hand has two of the fingers paralysed.
New insight into monkey warning calls
Pic caption - Diana monkey in the Tai Forest, Ivory Coast.
Funding for new chimpanzee culture study
CAPTION: Researcher Sarah Marshall teaches a young chimp how to crack nuts with a hammer stone at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda.
New insight into chimpanzee behaviour
Chimpanzees display some of the same cultural diversity as people, according to two of the world's leading primate experts.
Brain awareness week
Everything from addiction to chimpanzee behaviour will come under the microscope at the University of St Andrews this month (Saturday 17 March 2001).
Flies to give new insight into mating rituals
A study of one of the world's most common flies could improve the understanding of mating behaviour throughout the animal world.
Child vs Chimp
A primate expert has developed an innovative technique which is providing the first clear evidence that children and chimpanzees learn the traditions of the community they live in by similar processes of imitation.