A new international study is turning attention to the impact of planetary warming on primates. As reported by Phys.org, the study found the extinction risk of primate species is directly tied to ...

More than 40 monkeys escaped from Alpha Genesis, a research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina. John Bolton sums up Trump’s ideal cabinet picks in one damning word Are you a true movie buff ...

The rhesus macaque primates are all still on the loose after escaping from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee, town administrator Matthew Garnes said late Thursday morning.

Until now, we only knew of four animal species that use names to call other individuals: humans, dolphins, parrots and elephants. But according to a study published in the journal Science, there is ...

Lameira, a primatologist turned evolutionary psychologist, has put forward a new hypothesis of the origins of kissing, which dates back to our ancestral primates and their social-bonding behaviors.

An NGO is working with local authorities in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province to build canopy bridges for primates to safely cross roads that fragment their forest habitats. Pakpak Bharat ...

The massive silverback gorilla allowed, maybe even encouraged, the young gorillas to wrestle with him and slug him in his humongous chest. I was so touched I cried because it reminded me of my own ...

Animal rights activists hope the draft legislation will drive the debate on apes' legal status -- in Spain and beyond. "Apes are like us, they are sociable animals," said Olga Bellon, a primate expert ...

For decades Achille, 50, eked out a miserable existence living alone in wretched conditions in a cramped circus cage. But better days could lie ahead for the chimpanzee and almost 150 great apes ...

A Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden worker's thumb was partially amputated after a bonobo attacked during morning feeding Friday, the zoo said. The employee has been stabilized at a hospital and ...

According to a press release, a member of the primate care team was conducting morning rounds when a bonobo bit the employee’s thumb through the “protective mesh barrier.” The release says ...