Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and ...

Primates are the most fascinating and diverse mammals on Earth, ranging from familiar monkeys to bizarre, unusual and ...

What sets mankind's closest relatives -- monkeys, apes, and other primates -- apart from other animals? According to a new study, one answer is that primates are less susceptible to the seasonal ups ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

Bonobos are known to make at least 38 distinct calls Flickr / Creative Commons Compared to humans, most primates produce a limited range of vocalizations: At one end of the spectrum, there’s the ...

Two newly reported complete skeletons of primates show that this group that includes humans' closest relatives such as chimps and lemurs is 10 million years older than scientists previously thought, ...

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 ...

The government has been told that new regulations on keeping primates as pets in England falls short of a full ban. The new rules make it illegal to keep monkeys, lemurs, and other primates without a ...