Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and endangered black-handed spider monkeys ...

The Fort Worth Zoo announced Thursday the birth of its first mandrill in three decades, a milestone the institution considers a “conservation advancement.” The female mandrill, Ruby, was born Jan. 11 ...

Young visitors observe the monkeys playing in the primate habitat at the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford, Monday, January 22, 2024.There are eight in the exhibit that include four Mexican spider ...

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

Over 100 scientists and conservationists have come together to compile a report on the 25 most endangered primate species in the world, and the conservation action points needed to improve their ...

Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among infant southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) in the wild, according to a new study. In ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Tai Forest Monkey Project has operated a research field station in west Africa’s Ivory Coast for 30 years, but on the one day since its opening that the site was unstaffed because ...

According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Sumatran orangutan is on the critically endangered list. This distinction means that the species faces an extremely high risk ...

A Massachusetts zoo is celebrating the arrival of a troupe of new primates who love to swing around their habitat. Southwick's Zoo says a group of spider monkeys are now on display to visitors inside ...

The San Antonio Zoo plans to close its Monkey House for a makeover as part of its ongoing renovation plans to increase the size of the wildlife park. There’s no set date for the closure; zoo officials ...