By David Brown More than 100 known species of lemurs live in Madagascar. These primates with large eyes, a pointed snout, and ...

A groundbreaking study reveals the comeback of the Bangka slow loris, once feared lost or critically endangered. Over 90 individuals have been documented on Bangka Island from 2015 to 2025, shedding ...

Textbooks say human birth is uniquely hard because of our big heads. A new primate comparison found squirrel monkeys, ...

Remember the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic? Without having a solid handle on how the virus spread, we were left to quarantine our mail, wipe down any packages with disinfectant, and wash our ...

Research suggests 66 percent of primate species are vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered and 85 percent of primate species are in decline. In many ways, humans are largely to blame. While ...

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many households wiped down groceries with disinfectant before putting them away.

Scientists have discovered why common marmosets have unusually small, smooth brains despite starting development much like ...

Fleas, tapeworms, Giardia, pinworms: Parasites are all around us. But some animals are more susceptible than others. Take the well-studied chimpanzee, for example: it's known to host over 100 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A global study shows primates play, groom, and care for other species, offering new insight into the origins of human-animal bonds ...

Researchers have found evidence that primates colonised northern Canada 52 million years ago. Kaca Skokanova/Shutterstock This warmer period had a major impact on biodiversity. But it also has ...

These fossilized teeth belonged to a Propliopithecus chirobates, a type of early primate that lived between 29 million and 35 million years ago. Towle et al. / American Journal of Biological ...

Thanks to our large brains, humans and non-human primates are smarter than most mammals. But why do some species develop large brains in the first place? The leading hypothesis for how primates ...