A big difference between humans and other apes is the ability to stride easily on two feet. A new analysis of fossil bones shows that adaptations for bipedal walking go back 7 million years.

Scientists researching primates, called "primatologists," have learned a lot over the years about our closest evolutionary ...

Forty-three rhesus macaque monkeys escaped on Nov. 6. With four primates still on the loose after 43 of them escaped on Nov. 6 from the Alpha Genesis Inc. research laboratory in South Carolina, the ...

Researchers are looking for answers behind the mystery of Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest known primate that ever lived.

It's well known that primates are used for various types of research at universities across the country, and usually when their job is done, that also means the end of that animal's life. But an ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

As cyclones and droughts are expected to grow in frequency and intensity while global temperatures rise, humankind’s closest relatives will become increasingly vulnerable to extinction, scientists say ...

Primates already face “unprecedented challenges," researchers said, and climate change is likely to bring additional burdens, according to the study. The study by a group of more than 100 researchers ...

This week news services were all a-twitter about a 47-million-year-old fossil primate from the famous Messel deposits of Germany. Named Darwinius masillae and described in the journal PLoS One, the ...

According to the US Department of Agriculture, in 2023 (the most recent year for which figures are available), the number of nonhuman primates (hereafter, “primates”) used in research, testing, and ...

Animal rights groups celebrate, but the Trump administration is light on specifics about phasing out federally funded medical ...