Around 8PM on December 30th, California Highway Patrol pulled over a driver for speeding his Rolls Royce Ghost down Highway 99. According to a CHP Madera County’s Facebook postthe driver was “found to be under the influence and placed under arrest for DUI.” Inside the roughly $400,000 luxury car, authorities found an unexpected passenger. “The […]
While the two adorable pygmy hippos continue to vie for the title of cutest viral animal, a new primate stands poised to steal some hearts. On October 27, a new baby siamang gibbon (Symphalangus syndactylus) was born to mother Hutan and father Sensei at Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park in Florida. The sex of this […]
It may not be the most romantic thing to say, but kissing accomplishes very little from a biological standpoint. If anything, a smooch’s ability to facilitate the spread of communicable diseases can do more harm than good. But according to a review of humanity’s evolutionary journey, there was a time when kisses potentially signified a […]
A northern white-cheeked gibbon at Mulhouse Zoo (left) and a female yellow-cheeked gibbon with young at Amsterdam Zoo (right). Credit: Miriam Lindenmeier (left); HHU/Kai R. Caspar (right) Female crested gibbons display jerky, almost geometric patterns of movement. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Oslo in Norway and Paris have studied these conspicuous movements, which […]
