For children, a visit to the zoo is like a walk in heaven, but who am I kidding? Many of us adults love it just as much. I mean, animals can be so weird yet adorable, and spending time with them can ...

Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed.

Aerobic exercise in general is great for boosting blood flow, and a recent study found that just 20 minutes of walking on a ...

Researchers observed and confirmed with measurements that wild sooty mangabey monkeys in an Ivory Coast forest display foot bone flexibility that facilitates vertical climbing up skinny tree trunks to ...

A study found traveling across time zones can impact gut health and cause digestive issues, or gut jet lag. Learn more, ...

As well as the notorious "wet burps", astronauts and cosmonauts face some digestive issues in microgravity environments.

Most people were taught a simple image: monkeys slowly turning into humans. That’s not how evolution works. Humans didn’t evolve from modern monkeys — we share a common ancestor with them, and if you ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We’re finally talking about it: Constipation is one of the most common gastrointestinal complaints in the U ...

Knoxville leaders propose changes to how many monkeys you can own in the city Right now, in the city of Knoxville, you're only allowed four pets per household. That's the limit for cats and dogs. Now, ...

A tufted gray langur strokes a grizzled giant squirrel in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Senthi Aathavan Senthilverl via Grueter et al., Primates, 2025, under CC BY 4.0 When a mouse wandered into the ...

Right now, in the city of Knoxville, you're only allowed four pets per household. That's the limit for cats and dogs. Now, another animal could be added to the list. Mom wrote to Biden about losing ...

In the wellness world of fibermaxxing and #pooptok, the rise of “poop positivity” has turned a 30-year-old research tool into a gut health tracker. Gastroenterologists rely on the Bristol Stool Chart, ...