A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

Bonobo chimpanzees are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos. … They still showed increased alertness ...

The Brevard Zoo announced it is now home to two black-and-white Colobus monkeys. This species of primate is classified as ...

A new study by researchers at Imperial College London and published on Monday in Nature Ecology & Evolution could help shed ...

Bonds between same-sex individuals help apes and monkeys to manage conflict and strengthen alliances, especially in dry ...

A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced ...

Rhesus macaque monkeys, like the 43 that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week, are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to ...

Homosexual behaviour in primates has a deep evolutionary basis and is more likely to occur in species that live in harsh ...