When New Males Take Over, These Female Primates Hurry Up and Sexually Mature
Most mammals — including humans and other primates — reach sexual maturity early or late depending on lots of different factors, such as how much…
Primates
Experts Raise the Alarm on Endangered Great Apes and COVID-19
Primate experts warn that the global human health emergency of COVID-19 also threatens our closest living relatives — endangered great apes. Nature published their commentary…
Extra Finger Discovered on Aye-Aye, Making the World’s Weirdest Primate Even Weirder [Video]
The world’s weirdest little primate has gotten even weirder, thanks to the discovery of a tiny extra digit. A study led by researchers from North…
Hot Springs Help Japan’s Snow Monkeys Cope With The Cold
Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, have been enjoying regular baths in the hot spring at Jigokudani in Japan for decades – and have…
DNA Study Reveals Clues about Primate Evolution
In a new DNA study, an international team of scientists reveal clues to human and ape evolution, finding that the evolutionary history of ancestral great…
Area of Monkey Brain Keeps Tally of Altruistic Acts
Steve Chang and his colleagues from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, have discovered that monkeys have a specific area in their brains to keep…
Kayan Loris, A Newly Discovered Species of Slow Loris
The primate genus Nycticebus contains a group called slow lorises, which is closely related to lemurs, and can be found across South East Asia. Recently,…
Survey Shows Great Apes Also Have Mid-Life Crisis
Chimpanzees and orangutans experience a mid-life crisis just like humans, according to a survey of 508 great apes in captivity shows. The scientists published their…
Cooking Fueled the Growth of the Human Brain
A new study has calculated the energetic cost of growing a bigger brain. If humans had been eating a raw food diet exclusively, they would…
Baboons with Stable Relationships are Nicer and Live Longer
In humans, people with strong social ties live longer, have healthier lives, whereas hostile tendencies can lead to an early death. In animals, this seems…
Hyenas Might Be As Intelligent As Some Primates
While hyenas have often been depicted as slobbering, dim-witted fools in animated movies, a new study shows that the African carnivores are adept at problem-solving,…
Helium Reveals Gibbons’ Developed & Far Ranging Vocalizations
Gibbons have mastered some of the vocal techniques that are akin to what human sopranos rely on whilst delivering their operas. Japanese scientists have been…
World’s Smallest Primate Issues High-Frequency Calls Like Bats
It was recently discovered by a team of scientists that the Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta) can communicate in pure ultrasound, issuing calls that are so…
Bonobo Great Apes are Domesticating Themselves
While it’s expected that the animal kingdom is a fierce place, where aggression for survival dominates, a new study on bonobos (Pan paniscus) published in…