The “big truck, small man” phenomenon is also seen in the animal kingdom. The loudest howler monkeys were found to have the smallest packages. Hyoid bone size, which is responsible for vocalizations, ...

A researcher has found that the rapid detection of snakes by monkeys is because of the presence of snake scales as a visual cue. His findings highlight an evolutionary adaptation of primates to ...

Monkey (Rhesus macaque) at Monkey Temple, Galta. We humans tend to think of ourselves as the only sentient beings capable of regret, a key emotion that helps keep us from making the same mistakes over ...

Monkeys exhibited an immediate response to images of snakes and salamanders with snake skin, but not to images of salamanders without scale. Dr. Nobuyuki Kawai from Nagoya University in Japan has ...