Monkey Tail

Director James Cameron's "Avatar" movies are populated by a species of outsized blue beings resembling humans, except with tails. So why does our species lack a tail, considering that our evolutionary forerunners in the primate lineage had them?

In the viral video, the Cecropia fruit looks like a hand with upward-moving fingers that later hang down when ripe.

Design that imitates natural biological design is known as "biomimicry." Other examples include this backpack inspired by an armadillo's shell and a synthetic adhesive that was inspired by geckos and is strong enough to allow people to scale glass walls.

"Lord Hanuman was a Dalit and a slave of manuwadi people. He was a Dalit and a human. He did all for Lord Ram, then why he was given a tail and his face was blackened? Why was he made a monkey?" Bahraich BJP parliamentarian Savitri Bai Phule said today

There is rare good news for India on the conservation front, but bad news in general for the conservation of primates in the world, the nearest relatives of humans on Earth. The Lion Tailed Macaque, a jet black monkey with a characteristic silver mane like that of the lion, which inhabits the rainforests of southern India, is no longer on the verge...

Director James Cameron's "Avatar" movies are populated by a species of outsized blue beings resembling humans, except with tails. So why does our species lack a tail, considering that our evolutionary forerunners in the primate lineage had them?

In the viral video, the Cecropia fruit looks like a hand with upward-moving fingers that later hang down when ripe.

Design that imitates natural biological design is known as "biomimicry." Other examples include this backpack inspired by an armadillo's shell and a synthetic adhesive that was inspired by geckos and is strong enough to allow people to scale glass walls.

"Lord Hanuman was a Dalit and a slave of manuwadi people. He was a Dalit and a human. He did all for Lord Ram, then why he was given a tail and his face was blackened? Why was he made a monkey?" Bahraich BJP parliamentarian Savitri Bai Phule said today

There is rare good news for India on the conservation front, but bad news in general for the conservation of primates in the world, the nearest relatives of humans on Earth. The Lion Tailed Macaque, a jet black monkey with a characteristic silver mane like that of the lion, which inhabits the rainforests of southern India, is no longer on the verge...