Bonobo chimpanzees are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos. … They still showed increased alertness ...

The terms “ape,” “great ape,” “monkey,” “primate,” and “gorilla” are often used interchangeably, but they describe very ...

The Brevard Zoo announced it is now home to two black-and-white Colobus monkeys. This species of primate is classified as ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

A new study by researchers at Imperial College London and published on Monday in Nature Ecology & Evolution could help shed ...

Same-sex sexual behaviour has been recorded in around 1,500 species, from insects and starfish to birds and mammals. Yet sex ...

Bonds between same-sex individuals help apes and monkeys to manage conflict and strengthen alliances, especially in dry ...

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 ...

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 ...