Punch, a six-month-old macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has become an unlikely internet sensation after video clips showed him clinging tightly to a stuffed orangutan for comfort.

If you're a new parent, you might be using AI with your infant already—whether you know it or not. But while AI can be a ...

A young macaque named Punch, abandoned at birth and raised by humans, found comfort in a plush toy after transitioning to a ...

Rowan University biology professor Natasha Shylo is exploring left-right asymmetry development with a grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid ...

A surprisingly small detail in the skin may play an outsized role in how young skin looks and how well it repairs scars. Researchers say the clue is a microscopic structure found in humans, pigs, and ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

At just two months old, babies are already organizing the world in their minds. Brain scans revealed distinct patterns as ...

Researchers mapped early brain growth from mid-pregnancy to the first month after birth and found signs that sex-linked differences emerge surprisingly early.

SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4) — Utah’s Hogle Zoo announced that Mary, their 38-year-old western lowland gorilla, is expecting a baby ...

A study suggests that babies are able to distinguish between the different objects they see around them at 2 months old, ...