Primate scream
Bonobos make most noise when mating with high ranking partners.
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Your plaice or mine?
Male fish refuse to ask for directions.
Chimpanzee trend-setters
New study shows that chimps ‘ape’ the prestigious.
Playful minds
Gorillas play games just like we do, say scientists.
Monkey see, monkey do
Social conformity is not a uniquely human character trait.
Here’s one I made earlier: Chimps learn from watching videos
Researchers find that chimpanzees are capable of social learning.
Common stickleback the ‘genius of the fish world’
Scientists find common fish species has human ability to learn.
What are you looking at?
Scientists studying human tendency to follow another's gaze find link with distant cat-like relative.
£4M Euro grant for new studies on mental evolution
How did humans evolve? Why did we evolve in the way that we did?
Bottlenose whale sightings
Young scientists investigate rare Icelandic whale sighting.