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13 Landmark Intellectual Property Disputes

In one corner: Dr. Dre. In the other: A ... gynecologist?

13 Landmark Intellectual Property Disputes

5 Ways You Can Help the Jaguar Rescue Center Save Costa Rica’s Wildlife

A curious sloth says hello after members of the Jaguar Rescue Center reunited her with her baby.

5 Ways You Can Help the Jaguar Rescue Center Save Costa Rica’s Wildlife

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20 of the Animal Kingdom's Most Surprising Friendships

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A Monkey Is On the Loose in Galveston, Texas—For the Second Time

12 Facts About Build-A-Bear

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Chimps Have Been Spotted Chowing Down on Tortoises

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Florida Has Lots of Wild Monkeys With Herpes—and That Number Could Double Soon

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Anxiety Could Be an Inherited Condition, and Scientists Think They Know Why

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14 Ready-To-Assemble Facts About IKEA

Hakan Dahlstrom, Flickr // CC BY 2.0

How a Makeshift Bicycle Saved Curious George From the Nazis

Courtesy of CURIOUS GEORGE is a production of Imagine, WGBH, and Universal. Curious George and related characters, created by Margret and H.A. Rey, are copyrighted and trademarked by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and using under license. Licensed by UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LICENSING LLC. Television series: (c) 2015 Universal Studios. All rights reserved.

Brazilian Monkeys Make Stone Hammers That Look a Lot Like Early Human Tools

M. Haslam

Baby Monkeys Are the Most Smiley Sleepers Around

Kawakami et al., Primates (2016)

Our Gut Microbiome Evolved Alongside Us, Study Finds

The University of Texas at Austin. Illustration by Jenna Luecke.

Monkeys Have Been Using Tools for 700 Years

YouTube // University of Oxford

The Social Lives of Monkeys Might Aid Autism Research

Brendan Borrell // Spectrum

Watch an Adorable Chatterbox Monkey Try to Rip a Hidden Camera Off a Tree

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