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Two rhesus macaques in Shimla. Credit: SandeepHanda/pixabay

Himachal Pradesh Has Been Killing Monkeys for Four Years. Will It End in 2020?

Seema Sharma 08/06/2020

Many farmers who can't afford guns to shoot monkeys...

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What One Monkey Mother Could Teach Humans About Themselves

Rukmini Bhaya Nair 22/05/2020

Charles Darwin wouldn't have contested the pivotal role empathy...

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The Ins and Outs of Organ Donation

Chitra Kannabiran 09/12/2019

The advent of organ transplantation was a landmark in...

Bonnet macaques. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Monkeys Evolve a New Way to Communicate With Humans

Leslee Lazar 03/06/2018

In a recent study involving wild monkeys, the animals...

Ticks being picked off (the person in this image is not P.K. Rajagopalan). Credit: P.K. Rajagopalan

The Seven-Decade Transnational Hunt for the Origins of the Kyasanur Forest Disease

Nithyanand Rao 19/11/2016

Zeroing in on the genesis of this strange disease...