Scientists researching primates, called "primatologists," have learned a lot over the years about our closest evolutionary ...

Animal rights groups celebrate, but the Trump administration is light on specifics about phasing out federally funded medical ...

Macaque mothers experience a short period of physical restlessness after the death of an infant, but do not show typical human signs of grief, such as lethargy and appetite loss, finds a new study by ...

Historic climate change influenced northeast India primates’ evolution, distribution, and decline, stressing conservation urgency.

A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced ...

Source: Catherine Poh Huay Tan, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Primates, humans included, are known for their complex societies and sophisticated social cognition. Navigating ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

While archaeologists have previously documented a few similar examples of ancient Roman pet monkeys elsewhere, they genetically traced back to the Barbary macaques of Africa. “The Berenike burials of ...