Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

Bones and tools found in a Sri Lankan cave show how Homo sapiens adapted to dense rainforest environments as early as 45,000 years ago. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

Bilal Haider receives funding from NIH and the Simons Foundation. Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see has helped ...

Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells communicate and work together to create a mental picture of the visual world.

Monkey Day is celebrated internationally on 14/12/2025 to raise awareness about non-human primates and to save all their species. This day was founded by Americans Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin in AD ...

From a quick swipe of a banana to elaborate “ransoms” of smartphones, monkey shenanigans have earned these adorable animals a worldwide reputation as mischievous little thieves. Perhaps you’ve seen ...

The early phase of drug development relies on the examination of the efficacy and safety of therapeutic agents in animal models. Due to their close genetic and physiological relation to humans, ...

Monkey Day lands on December 14, and while it may sound like a quirky holiday, it highlights something extraordinary: primates are far more impressive, skilled, and complex than most people realize.

Every year on December 14 th, World Monkey Day serves as a reason to celebrate these amazing animals. This year, we’re highlighting all the ways the Physicians Committee is working to end monkey ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

Bones and tools found in a Sri Lankan cave show how Homo sapiens adapted to dense rainforest environments as early as 45,000 years ago.