Wildlife trafficking is one of the largest black market businesses in the world. Animals are trafficked and sold as “exotics, ...

Male primates may be larger than females partly because of pressure from rival groups, not just competition with males inside their own group.

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 ...

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JB Pritzker's desk. The bill expands existing state law ending the use of big cats, primates and bears in traveling acts, ...

More than 1,600 live primates have been openly listed for sale on U.S. social media networks, bypassing platform bans through ...

Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos, even during conflicts with ...

New research on Monday contradicted the commonly held idea that males dominate females among primates, revealing far more nuanced power dynamics in the relationships of our close relatives. "For a ...

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 ...

Primate brains may have grown larger and more complex thanks to a fruit-filled diet, a new study suggests. The researchers analyzed the brain sizes and diets of over 140 primate species spanning apes, ...