The order Primates consists of not only our closest relatives on earth, the seven great apes, but also over 450 species of monkeys, lemurs, lorises, and galagos. Primates are fantastically diverse, ...

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

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 ...

In a new article published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics, biologists Dr. Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir Kumar, all at Temple University, have built an evolutionary tree that ...

After some social media footage of wild monkeys climbing on roofs in Central Florida's Groveland and Clermont went viral, many are wondering — Do monkeys actually live in the Sunshine State? Despite ...

Rhesus macaque monkeys, like the 43 that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week, are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to ...

Some Central Florida residents got a surprise holiday guest ahead of Christmas. Monkeys have been sighted roaming around Orange City this week, with law enforcement officers stressing that the public ...

Have you ever noticed the flashy, vividly colored rear ends of some monkeys? You might see monkeys with blue butts and even monkeys with red butts. Bright buttocks in primates are typically linked to ...

Nine monkeys – including three from a critically endangered species – who died in Hong Kong's oldest zoo this week had been infected with an endemic disease, officials said on Friday. The animals in ...