Contact with monkeys and apes may put humans at risk
Biomedical research suggests that more than 60% of emerging infectious diseases affecting people originated in animals, with nearly 3/4 originating in wild animals.
Social skills and motivations may not lead to more rational decision-making
Study finds that, unlike younger children and chimpanzees, older kids engage in competitive social comparison, paying a cost to reduce their partner's payoff to a level below their own.
Monarch butterflies in California decline 86 percent
After decades of decline, California monarch butterfly population plummets from 193,000 to 30,000 in single year, which scientists consider to be the threshold of extinction.
