The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time ...

Discover the most complete fossil of Mixodectes pungens, shedding light on early mammalian evolution, its arboreal lifestyle, ...

For tree-dwelling species like gibbons ... Image via Depositphotos The intricate dynamics of wild primate families offer profound insights into both the evolution of sociality and the origins of human ...

The phylogenetic tree was generated for the reconstructed HERV Env ... Present results demonstrate the prevalence of ERVs across the primate lineage as well as the diversification of the retroviral ...

Research study explores how genetic changes shaped the variety seen across primates — from brain development and body size to diet, vision, movement and survival in extreme environments.

For the first time, researchers have filmed chimpanzees in the wild sharing fermented African breadfruit, which contains ...

If there were a contest for the biggest female bullies in the animal world, lemurs would be near the top of the list. In ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Isaiah Saxon, writer and director of The Legend of Ochi, about chasing the mysteries of nature, ...

Understanding how craniodental morphology varies in this clade has implications for interpreting taxonomic variation in the fossil record and for our understanding of primate evolution. Methods: We ...