http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society says that western lowland gorillas living in a large swamp in the Republic of Congo -part of the "mother lode" of more than 125,000 gorillas discovered last year -are becoming increasingly threatened by growing humans activity in the region. http://www.physorg.com/news178216023.html Biology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:27:50 EST news178216023 Zoo Atlanta recently became the first zoological institution in the world to obtain voluntary blood pressure readings from a gorilla. This groundbreaking stride was made possible by the Gorilla Tough Cuff, a blood pressure reading system devised through partnership with the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. http://www.physorg.com/news177089816.html Biology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:50:02 EST news177089816 The patient was a 42-year-old, 160-pound grandmother with thick bilateral cataracts that had left her nearly blind, markedly diminishing her quality of life. http://www.physorg.com/news173971728.html Biology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:00:03 EST news173971728 In a special issue of Science, an international team of scientists has for the first time thoroughly described Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. This research, in the form of 11 detailed papers and more general summaries, will appear in the journal's 2 October 2009 issue. http://www.physorg.com/news173615221.html Other Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:27:38 EST news173615221 (AP) -- He's hairy, his table manners are atrocious, and he wants to be your friend on Facebook. http://www.physorg.com/news173168532.html Biology Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:23:36 EST news173168532 Titus the Gorilla King, who became the world's most famous mountain gorilla after starring in Dian Fossey's "Gorillas in the Mist" and a BBC documentary, has died in Rwanda at the ripe old age of 35. http://www.physorg.com/news172240902.html Biology Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:00:03 EST news172240902 A detailed examination of the wrist bones of several primate species challenges the notion that humans evolved their two-legged upright walking style from a knuckle-walking ancestor. http://www.physorg.com/news169137362.html Biology Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:50:02 EST news169137362 Spanish ethologist Jordi Sabater Pi, who discovered the only albino gorilla known to man in the 1960s, has died at the age of 87, the University of Barcelona said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news168801526.html Biology Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:20:01 EST news168801526 The use of tools by hominins - the primate group which includes humans (Homo) and chimpanzees and bonobos (Pan) - has been extensively researched by archaeologists and primatologists, both of who manifest the relevance of tool-use in understanding technology and the origins of human behaviour. http://www.physorg.com/news166968105.html Other Sciences Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:02:06 EST news166968105 When it comes to investigating mysteries, Sherlock Holmes has nothing on Rice University biologist Amy Dunham. In a newly published paper, Dunham offers a new theory for one of primatology's long-standing mysteries: Why are male and female lemurs the same size? http://www.physorg.com/news166793403.html Biology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:30:31 EST news166793403 New evidence underscores the theory of human origin that suggests humans most likely share a common ancestor with orangutans, according to research from the University of Pittsburgh and the Buffalo Museum of Science. Reporting in the June 18 edition of the Journal of Biogeography, the researchers reject as "problematic" the popular suggestion, based on DNA analysis, that humans are most closely related to chimpanzees, which they maintain is not supported by fossil evidence. http://www.physorg.com/news164508477.html Biology Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:48:32 EST news164508477 Talk about house calls! The Wildlife Conservation Society thanks The Brain Tumor Foundation and its "Road To Early Detection" campaign for their assistance in performing a brain scan on a gorilla at the Bronx Zoo. http://www.physorg.com/news157293791.html Biology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:43:56 EST news157293791 There are two species of lice that infest humans: pubic lice, Pthirus pubis, and human head and body lice, Pediculus humanus. A new article in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Biology suggests one explanation for the separation of the two species. http://www.physorg.com/news153570083.html Biology Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:28:24 EST news153570083 A new study finds that mountain gorillas are at increased risk of acquiring gastrointestinal microbes, such as Escherichia Coli, from humans. The study, published in Conservation Biology, examines the exchange of digestive system bacteria between humans, mountain gorillas and domestic animals with overlapping habitats. http://www.physorg.com/news146765673.html Biology Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:14:33 EST news146765673 The world's population of critically endangered western lowland gorillas received a huge boost today when the Wildlife Conservation Society released a census showing massive numbers of these secretive great apes alive and well in the Republic of Congo. http://www.physorg.com/news137128137.html Biology Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:57 EST news137128137