Albert (I through V) The first living beings shot into space were fruit flies, in 1947. A year later, NASA put a male rhesus monkey, Albert, into a V-2 rocket. Albert died, possibly suffocating ...

The pioneers: Fruit flies and Albert the monkey The first animals to reach space were fruit flies, launched aboard a V-2 rocket by the United States in 1947. These tiny creatures helped researchers ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — 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 ...

While there aren't any rhesus macaques on Mars, these monkeys were, ironically, making space flights at the time - only on rockets, not saucers. NASA first launched a male rhesus macaque ...

Studies of young rhesus monkeys now indicate that love derives mainly from close bodily contact Affection in infants was long thought to be generated by the satisfactions of feeding.

A baby rhesus monkey found abandoned in a package at Antalya's intercity bus terminal has been successfully integrated into a new family at the Antalya Natural Life Park, officials said Thursday. The ...

Rhesus monkeys scrambled down and followed his grain ... But Dr. McEllroy got him space in the basement of the misnamed Municipal Hospital, little used because it is limited to a few infectious ...

specifically showing the early biological process of reproduction in rhesus monkeys. Blastocysts are normally protected from external influences by a coat, the zona pellucida; before the embryo ...

Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman's American Dad needs a new home: TBS will no longer air new episodes after the current season.

Obeldesivir is a "polymerase inhibitor," meaning it blocks an enzyme crucial for viral replication. The team infected rhesus and cynomolgus macaques with a high dose of the Makona variant of the Ebola ...

Study with rhesus monkeys To gain these insights, two rhesus monkeys were trained in an experimental environment that allowed the researchers to measure neural activity during a decision-making ...