• The Rajasthan and Kerala governments have banned cell phones on school and college campuses with immediate effect. "The information technology revolution has brought cyber crime to the

A new primate species

The survival of the orangutans seems to be the bone of contention between the World Wide Fund for Nature (wwf) and Malaysian environment experts. The uk chapter of wwf alleges that 91 per cent of

• breakthrough of the year: In 2003, new evidence cemented the bizarre idea that the universe, made mostly of mysterious

As field researchers will tell, you don t get up one fine morning and cut through an unknown forest in search of an elusive animal species. Even if you have a map to tell where the simian will be enjoying its afternoon siesta. You first look for what rese

The animal home of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (aiims) in Delhi has handed over a batch of 22 ailing monkeys to the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiment

Chimps are not victimised by AIDS because a lethal sickness has made their immune system resistant to the disease

New monkey species found

A newly discovered HIV like virus in monkeys provides clues about the origin of AIDS in humans

HIV evades vaccine by mutating

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