A new study challenges the long-held idea that early primates began in warm tropical forests. Fossil and climate evidence ...

In a new article published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics, biologists Dr. Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir Kumar, all at Temple University, have built an evolutionary tree that ...

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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For decades, the story of primate origins seemed straightforward. Early primates were thought to have emerged in warm, humid ...

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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 ...

There’s a lot more to diet classification than carnivores and herbivores. Have you heard of a gummivore? For example, you can ...

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 ...

Primarily Primates, a thriving animal sanctuary in Texas, has decided on a super fun way to help people deal with social distancing and feel like they are a part of the animal rescue community. They ...