Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

A sanctuary on the outskirts of Congo's capital of Kinshasa is the world’s only sanctuary for orphaned bonobos, usually rescued from poachers. Despite legal protections, bonobos are targeted ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

It leads to lower child mortality and better social, psychological and educational outcomes. So why do some men choose not to invest in their children? According to a >new study, at least part of the ...

He has been besieged by birds, had 120m crabs try to crawl up his trouser leg and stayed cool beside an erupting Icelandic volcano. As David Attenborough turns 100, we celebrate his most extraordinary ...

Lola Ya Bonobo (Congo), May 13 (AP) Micheline Nzonzi cradled a small and sleepy bonobo, an orphan whose life she will try to save over the next three years or so. The 1-year-old’s chances are good, ...

Attenborough began hosting and producing nature documentaries for the BBC in the 1950s. He spoke to Terry Gross in 1995 about about traveling the world to film Life on Earth.

We tend to talk about monogamy as if it’s both sacred and obvious – the default way of being within our romantic relationships. But behind closed doors, monogamy can sometimes feel fragile, negotiated ...

Micheline Nzonzi cradled a small, sleepy bonobo, an orphan whose life she will try to save over the next three years or so. The 1-year-old's chances are good, with motherly affection, milk from a ...

It’s perhaps a useful reminder that, in evolution, bigger is only better when bigger helps. For the silverback gorilla, being ...

Great apes appear to build friendships much like humans do. By studying grooming behavior, researchers discovered that ...

Chimpanzee naive pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) can now be grown in cellular cultures, reveals a recent study. They successfully created chimpanzee early embryo models, called 'blastoids,' and found ...