Male primates may be larger than females partly because of pressure from rival groups, not just competition with males inside ...

In many primate species, males are much larger than their female counterparts, which is generally attributed to male ...

Lake Superior Zoo celebrates a conservation success with the birth of critically endangered cotton-top tamarin twins, ...

Scientists hope fieldwork here will reveal clues to human evolution and adaptation.

Research suggests 66 percent of primate species are vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered and 85 percent of primate species are in decline. In many ways, humans are largely to blame. While ...

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With rodent teeth, bat-like ears and a woodpecker-inspired hunting strategy, this primate may just be one of evolution’s ...

From lemurs to orangutans, tarsiers to gorillas, primates are captivating and sometimes unnervingly similar to us. So it’s not surprising that this group of more than 500 species receives a great deal ...

Bonobos are known to make at least 38 distinct calls Flickr / Creative Commons Compared to humans, most primates produce a limited range of vocalizations: At one end of the spectrum, there’s the ...

Thanks to our large brains, humans and non-human primates are smarter than most mammals. But why do some species develop large brains in the first place? The leading hypothesis for how primates ...