A new database offers access to over 6,000 3D scans of primate skeletons housed in the American Museum of Natural History ...

The following taphonomic sequence will increase a primate's chances of becoming a fossil that will one day be studied by paleontologists and marveled at by museum visitors. The primate dies.

Both wild-caught and purpose-bred animals are used, and in 2020 alone, 26,728 primates were imported into the United States, according to a veterinary medical officer at the US Center for Disease ...

Four members of the Student Organization for Animal Rights displayed photos of laboratory monkeys outside Moos Tower on Monday to inform others about primate experimentation at the University. The ...

This is a rarity in primate research, and illustrates just how much remains to be known about these fascinating animals. Like all lemurs, mouse lemurs inhabit the island of Madagascar off the east ...

Dr Russell Mittermeier is a world renowned primatologist, Global Wildlife Conservation’s Chief Conservation Officer and chairman of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Primate Specialist Group.

More than 100,000 nonhuman primates, including baboons, macaques, marmosets, and other monkeys, are held or used for research ...

Like other animals, primates communicate to satisfy their biological and social needs, such as avoiding predators, interacting with other group members, or maintaining cohesion during travel.