Researchers are looking for answers behind the mystery of Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest known primate that ever lived.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated its Red List of Threatened Species The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated its list of critically-endangered ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Primates have larger brains than most other mammals of their size. This gives them advanced ...

A tiny tarsier with a face like a Furby and a lemur that stands like a boxer when threatened are among the 25 most endangered primates in the world, the United Nations announced today (Oct. 15).

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

SAN DIEGO - New paleontological findings show that small primates roamed San Diego roughly 45 million years ago. Several new species of extinct primates were recently identified by scientists after ...

Primates are our closest living biological relatives. So perhaps it's time to show a little hospitality and stop destroying their homes. About 60 percent of the world's monkeys, apes, tarsiers, lemurs ...

Scientists have identified a new species of primate living in the forests of central Myanmar, a lithe tree-dweller with a mask-like face framed by a shock of unruly grey hair. Vietnam is famous for ...

Primate species with better color vision are not more likely to have red skin or fur coloration, as previously thought. Primate species with better colour vision are not more likely to have red skin ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A new species of primates have entered the Milwaukee County Zoo. Debrazza's monkeys are now in the zoo's Primates of the World building. The zoo's curator of apes and primates, ...