Enlarge this image A chimpanzee hugs her newborn at Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, in 2010. Over the course of his long…
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From Fruit Fly To Stink Eye: Searching For Anger’s Animal Roots
by Jon Hamilton January 29, 2019Enlarge this image Ariel Davis for NPR Ariel Davis for NPR For comedian Lewis Black, anger is a job. Black is famous…
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Octopuses Get Strangely Cuddly On The Mood Drug Ecstasy
by Nell Greenfieldboyce September 20, 2018Enlarge this image Friend or foe? A California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) gives observers the eye at the Marine Biological Laboratory in…
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What’s Mine Is Yours, Sort Of: Bonobos And The Tricky Evolutionary Roots Of Sharing
by Nell Greenfieldboyce September 11, 2018Enlarge this image A 17-year-old male bonobo eats while his son watches in the Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo.…
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When humorist and writer Mara Altman was 19 and attending college at UCLA, she learned something about herself which, she says, felt…
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Enlarge this image sorbetto/Getty Images sorbetto/Getty Images Leaders can have many different styles — just compare President Donald Trump to Malala Yousafzai…
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Enlarge this image Rats and people may rely on “metamemory” in a variety of different ways, scientists say. For a rat, it’s…
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YouTube The modern Planet of the Apes reboot begins with a research chimpanzee being raised in an American home. It’s a pretty…