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Our ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don't we?

Feb. 28, 2024 12:13 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Our very ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don't we? Somewhere around 20 million or 25 million years ago, when apes diverged from monkeys, our branch of the tree of life shed its tail. From Darwin's time, scientists have wondered why — and how — this...

CBP dog sniffs out something unusual in passenger's luggage — mummified monkeys

Feb. 11, 2024 13:39 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection dog sniffed out something unusual in luggage from a traveler returning from Africa — mummified monkeys. The passenger returning from a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo reported that the luggage contained dried fish, but...

Plan for $400 million monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia draws protest

Jan. 17, 2024 19:12 PM EST

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia. Opponents on Tuesday urged the Bainbridge City Council to block plans by a company called Safer Human Medicine to build a $396 million...

Police in Puerto Rico capture a rhesus macaque monkey chased by a crowd at a public housing complex

Jan. 12, 2024 13:31 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico captured a rhesus macaque monkey on Friday that was being chased by a crowd of people at a public housing complex near the U.S. territory’s north coast. The monkey was found injured and exhausted in the laundry room of an...