Their breakfast was still scattered around their enclosure for them to find. Ripley, one of the male chimpanzees, quickly gathered up some fruits and vegetables, sometimes using his feet almost like ...

Walking engages muscles in your legs, hips, and core. You can engage more muscles while walking by adding resistance, such as wearing a weighted vest or using walking poles. Though walking doesn't ...

One of my favorite activities is going to the zoo where I live in Knoxville when it first opens and the animals are most active. On one recent weekend, I headed to the chimpanzees first. Their ...

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Walking can help you lose belly fat by creating a calorie deficit. Walking reduces harmful belly fat called visceral fat. Regular walking can lower cortisol levels and reduce stress-related belly fat.

Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils. The skull cap of 'Java Man' was discovered by Eugène ...

Though chimpanzees and gorillas often coexist in the same areas, interactions of any kind are thought to be rare – those that do happen have been described as relaxed and peaceful. While the adults ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles Zoo welcomed the birth of a baby gorilla, the fifth and latest addition in a recent baby boom of ...

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Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s remarkable life with rare images from the National Geographic archives. Ethologist, ...

Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...