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In recent years, the lines that traditionally separate humans from other animals have gotten very blurry; crows and chimps use tools, some insects know how to farm, and species across the spectrum ...

When you gotta go you gotta go, and for small tropical mammals called tree shrews, a pitcher plant serves as a handy toilet, new video research finds. The jug-shaped plants make out just fine, too: ...

Tree shrews have emerged as versatile and practical models in biomedical research due to their unique phylogenetic proximity to primates, manageable size, rapid reproduction, and cost-effective ...

In the rain forest of Malaysia, scientists have found a small mammal, closely related to primates, whose major source of food is a type of beer. It's believed to be the only animal other than humans ...

The Malaysian pen-tailed tree shrew could drink the most annoying drunken fratboys under the table. A new study found that the tiny animal subsists on a diet roughly equivalent to 100 percent beer, ...

A tree shrew recently born at the National Zoo Photo by Clyde Nishimura In August, at the National Zoo, the efforts of keepers and biologists finally came to fruition as two baby tree shrews were born ...

Apparently, tree shrews follow the adage, “Rules are meant to be broken.” According to research led by Yale anthropology professor Eric Sargis, tree shrews — small, slender mammals native to tropical ...

Many plants contain pungent chemicals that deter animals from eating them. Among the more notable examples, the chili plant produces a fruit that contains a chemical called capsaicin that is ...

Almost all mammals avoid eating chili peppers and other 'hot' foods, because of the pain they induce. But not the tree shrew, according to a new study. The researchers found that this close relative ...

February 5, 2013, Shenzhen and Kunming, China - In a collaborative study published online today in Nature Communications, researchers from Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...