The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the first birthday of baby orangutan, Jambi, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. He was the first of his species to be born at the zoo in 15 years.

Child-directed speech, or “baby talk,” plays a crucial role in language development and is a near-universal human behavior.

An almost universal phenomenon in humans is the use of child-directed speech, where caregivers communicate with children, ...

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our ...

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The gift — by anonymous donors — will jump start construction on a giraffe barn, design for Expedition Indonesia.

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It was the aroma of freshly harvested honey that first drew Cedar Anderson into beekeeping. “Once you start looking after ...

Well, not literally, but they do have 97 per cent of the same DNA.