Primates process visual information in front of their eyes, similar to pixels in a digital camera, using small computing units located in the visual cortex…
A new primate species dubbed the Popa langur has been discovered in Myanmar after years of extensive study, including analysis of a 100-year old specimen…
Most mammals — including humans and other primates — reach sexual maturity early or late depending on lots of different factors, such as how much…
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…
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…
Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, have been enjoying regular baths in the hot spring at Jigokudani in Japan for decades – and have…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…