The terms “Old World” and “New World” emerged after Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and came upon another world, with the former expression used to describe the continents of Africa ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

Monkeys are one of the most varied types of creatures in the world. In fact, some species are so extraordinary that they can ...

A new study has found that the world's finest yodellers aren't from Austria or Switzerland, but the rainforests of Latin America. The research provides significant new insights into the diverse vocal ...

A new study has found that the world's finest yodelers aren't from Austria or Switzerland, but the rainforests of Latin America. Published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal ...

The world's best yodellers aren't found high in the pristine mountaintops of the Alps – instead, scientists say, they can be found in trees, jungles and rainforests across the globe. It's because the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to primate species from across the globe, they don't get much cuter than the pygmy marmosets of the Amazon ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South ...