Monkeys are one of the most varied types of creatures in the world. In fact, some species are so extraordinary that they can never fail to amaze you because of their amazing physical characteristics ...

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On Thursday, the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden introduced guests to one of the world’s most endangered primate species that will now live in the park.

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time itself. These creatures, ranging from massive gorillas to tiny mouse lemurs, ...

One night, 10-year-old Sebastián Montilla heard a creature moving over a tree branch on his father’s farm in Pijao, Quindío department, one of Colombia’s renowned coffee-growing regions. As he pointed ...

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, ...

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 ...

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The Paiter-Suruí people have a culture deeply rooted in their land: the Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land (TISS), on the border of Rondônia and Mato Grosso in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon. Known ...

A new species of ancient primate challenges what we think we know about where human ancestors diverged from monkeys.