The slow rate of healing seemed to be related to our loss of hair. Hair contains stem cells, and a thick body cover of hair ...

A new study comparing humans with other primates and rodents suggests that fur loss millions of years ago slowed the healing ...

Chimpanzees drum rhythmically, suggesting the roots of human musicality may predate our species. New research by cognitive ...

Against the backdrop of rolling savannah and towering acacias, Kenya is making a historic move in conservation - one that ...

Kezia Kitonga, a laboratory technologist at Jomvu Sub-county hospital takes a child through Neglected Tropical Diseases vaccination as health officials look on during NTD World Day. [Jayne Rose ...

Kenya is taking steps to do this by replacing orphanages and other forms of residential children’s homes with family-based, ...

It’s not uncommon to see chimpanzees kept as pets in private homes and hotels in Guinea-Bissau. Chimpanzees can be seen ...

Like many people, when I think of Africa, I think of wildlife safaris. What outdoorsperson hasn’t at least entertained the ...

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has revealed that the regional satellite centres across the country will accommodate ...

Taking in everything from summiting Kilimanjaro to exploring fjords, these extraordinary sojourns will be sure to stir your ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using plants to treat open wounds and tend to each other’s ­injuries.

By Elizabeth Preston Watching wild baboons in Kenya, Akiko Matsumoto-Oda ... and her colleagues compared the healing rates of humans, chimpanzees, monkeys and mice. They found that human wounds ...