Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and endangered black-handed spider monkeys ...

Chewed plants prove a simple, noninvasive way to test primates for viruses Infectious diseases introduced by humans pose one of the greatest threats to survival of great apes in the wild Simple ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...

Friendly associations between gorillas and chimpanzees in the wild can persist for decades, and may originate around food sharing and defense against predators. When you purchase through links on our ...

Researchers in Germany observed chimps killing gorillas in the wild for the first time in two separate encounters in the Loango National Park in Gabon, Africa. LCP, Tobias Deschner Chimpanzees and ...

While at VMworld 2012 last week, I couldn’t help noticing the large number of startup companies, row after row of them. So many small tech companies, most of which I had never heard of before, all ...

With our clothing, high-rises, technology and more, we humans would seem to be animal kingdom outsiders, existing outside the norm. But despite all our advances, it turns out we age and die at the ...

On its face, a comparison of monkeys and apes seems straightforward: Modern primates have defining physical features and behaviors that clearly sort them in different categories. Beginning with living ...

Primatologist Mireya Mayor breaks down 10 monkey and ape attacks in movies, including "King Kong," based on realism. Mayor debunks common misconceptions about the behavior and appearance of the great ...

The WallStreetBets community is moving beyond GameStop and AMC. But its latest investment target isn’t a stock, bitcoin or even NFTs. It’s gorillas. That’s not monkey business. Members of the Reddit ...