Rwanda is home to 26 different primate species. From apes to monkeys and even gorillas, each has its own unique habitat and ...

A monkey descending a tree trunk often keeps its head up, moving almost like a cautious climber backing down a ladder. Squirrels and many other mammals, by contrast, tend to go headfirst. That ...

A new study suggests competition between neighboring primate groups may shape differences in body size between males and females.

Johor may be home to significantly more Raffles' banded langurs than previously estimated, offering fresh hope for the ...

Contrary to current understanding, the brains of human newborns aren't significantly less developed compared to other primate species, but appear so because so much brain development happens after ...

New findings by researchers at the University of Montpellier, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, and the German Primate Center in Göttingen resolve why male-female ...

A new book draws on ethnography, neurobiology, and primatology to argue that our reduced sleep is not a byproduct of modern ...