Bonnie’s whistling isn’t so surprising to her caregivers. The 140-pound (63.5-kilogram) orangutan at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has been whistling for about two decades.
Now a new study suggests that the sounds she makes could hold clues about the origins of human language.
“The assumption is that someone was whistling and she probably picked it [...]

Barack Obama, the US president elect, had a ready audience this week when he spoke of repairing the country’s image among Muslims and the international community – issues he trumpeted on the campaign trail that last month led him to victory. What exactly he will have to do to restore good relations depends on whom you ask. But all agree that actually fixing the ties will be an uphill battle.

The first scientific study to find envy in non-primates affirms what many already know: dogs can get jealous.
“Everybody who has a dog at home probably [suspects] that dogs can be very jealous of other dogs and also of people,” said lead author Friederike Range of the University of Vienna, Austria.
In experiments with 43 dogs, [...]

US debates if President Bush will, or should, preemptively pardon those involved in harsh interrogations – and arguably torture.