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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. As deforestation and climate change alter rainforest habitats, monkeys and lemurs that normally live in trees are risking encounters with predators ...

Primates—the group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans—first evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 million years ago, not in the warm tropical forests scientists previously ...

The experiences we face early in life may leave their marks on our health in ways that echo across decades—and even across the entire body. A new study, published in the journal Science, examined a ...

We aren’t the only animals that like to take care of other species. A new study finds that the roots of keeping a pet may stretch deep into our primate past. Stump-tailed macaques grooming a dog in ...

Same-sex sexual behaviour is part of the normal social life of some primates and could play an important part in their long-term success, a survey of nearly 500 species of apes, monkeys and other ...

Amy Kerwin operates a sanctuary where rhesus monkeys get to experience a natural life. Primates used in research oftentimes never experience a chance at a natural life. Meet one woman in Westfield, ...

Tulane's National Primate Research Center, one of only seven in the nation, will champion efforts to consolidate research and data from various studies across the country. The center in New Orleans ...