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

As animals go about their lives ― eating, fighting, having babies ― they don’t always follow the script laid out for them by ...

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 ...

The terms “ape,” “great ape,” “monkey,” “primate,” and “gorilla” are often used interchangeably, but they describe very ...

Nonhuman primates like bonobos and chimpanzees might engage in same-sex sexual activities to strengthen bonds, particularly ...

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

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

Between Nigeria’s Cross River and Cameroon’s Sanaga River lies one of West Africa’s largest remaining blocks of intact ...