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Five hotbeds of biodiversity
Here are five flora- and fauna-rich ecologies that Conservation International, a nonprofit organization in Arlington, Va., says are more than 70 percent intact.
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Top 6 Super Bowl ads featuring animals (+video)
Super Bowl ads reflect a broader truism in advertising: A cute animal is a better pitchman than a human 9 times in 10 (Peyton Manning aside). Over the years, some of the most successful Super Bowl ads of all time have featured a wide array of animals, from mighty Clydesdales to lowly mosquitoes. Here is our countdown of six of the best ever fuzzy (and not so fuzzy) Super Bowl commercials, including a winner from Super Bowl XLVI. Did your all-time favorite take the top spot?
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In Pictures: Funny animal faces
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/01
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/13
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Rare gorillas captured by hidden camera (+video)
The video offers researchers a very unusual opportunity to view the Cross River gorilla behaving normally.
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Humans, gorillas more alike than previously thought, say scientists
Fifteen percent of humans and chimp DNA is closer to that to gorillas than to each other, a new study finds.
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Gorillas are more like humans than we knew, study says
New research has shown that humans are more like gorillas than scientists previously understood. 15 percent of human DNA is more similar to gorillas than to chimps.
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Five hotbeds of biodiversity
Here are five flora- and fauna-rich ecologies that Conservation International, a nonprofit organization in Arlington, Va., says are more than 70 percent intact.
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Top 6 Super Bowl ads featuring animals (+video)
Super Bowl ads reflect a broader truism in advertising: A cute animal is a better pitchman than a human 9 times in 10 (Peyton Manning aside). Over the years, some of the most successful Super Bowl ads of all time have featured a wide array of animals, from mighty Clydesdales to lowly mosquitoes. Here is our countdown of six of the best ever fuzzy (and not so fuzzy) Super Bowl commercials, including a winner from Super Bowl XLVI. Did your all-time favorite take the top spot?
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Change Agent
New guidelines show chimps are rarely needed for medical research
The National Institutes of Health issued new guidelines indicating that the use of chimpanzees to study diseases is rarely necessary.
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Gorilla baby death mystery: Accident or gorilla infanticide?
Zookeepers don't believe the death of a nine-day-old western lowland gorilla infant at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo was intentional, but mystery still surrounds gorilla behavior both in zoos and in the wild.
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In Pictures: Funny animal faces
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Project Nim: movie review
A chimp experiment gone awry, 'Project Nim' takes an unsettling look at the life of a young chimp raised in a human family.
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Change Agent
Borneo project restores orangutan habitat
The Borneo Orangutan Survival project in Indonesia could be a blueprint for saving habitat, cutting greenhouse gases.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/01
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/13
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/14
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In Pictures: Animals escape
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 03/16
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Super Bowl commercials: What happens to those CareerBuilder chimps?
They're not monkeys. They're chimpanzees with short working lives in entertainment, after which they can't be returned to zoos or the wild. Lucky ones end up in sanctuaries, needing care for the next 40 years. Major ad agencies have pledged not to use great apes. Why won't CareerBuilder?
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 01/27
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 10/29
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 10/27
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 08/17
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 08/03
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Chimpanzee gangs fight and kill for land, new research suggests
Chimpanzee gangs commit these crimes to gain territory.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/10
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Bonobo Handshake
Researcher Vanessa Woods shares a tale about a species that can teach all of us a thing or two about peace.
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In Pictures: Gorillas
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