In truth, it is not a paradox. The animals involved all seem perfectly eager participants in heterosexual behaviour, as well, so their reproduction is not compromised. It is, though, a puzzle—for ...

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

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

A surprising tour through the world’s strangest, rarest, and most overlooked monkeys—from tiny thumb-sized primates to bright ...

The order Primates consists of not only our closest relatives on earth, the seven great apes, but also over 450 species of monkeys, lemurs, lorises, and galagos. Primates are fantastically diverse, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Brevard Zoo in Florida announced it had welcomed a new species of primate to its animal population on Thursday 8.The zoo said ...