Scientists have recently discovered a new primate species in Myanmar’s central forest. However, the Popa langur, named after ...

Two different groups of macaques have been spotted in Japan mounting sika deer. The behavior could be part of a shared ...

The newly discovered Popa langur monkey species in Myanmar's central forest is critically endangered, with only 200-260 remaining. They face threats from hunting, illegal pet trade, deforestation ...

A new resident is monkeying around at New York's Bronx Zoo. The zoo announced Thursday that a male baby silvered langur is ...

Unlike Old World monkeys, howlers and other New World species have wide, side-opening nostrils and no pads on their rumps. Howlers also boast a prehensile tail. They can use this tail as an extra ...

Finally, all 43 of the rhesus macaques have been found, according to the primate research facility in Yemassee, S.C., from which they fled in November.

The order Primates consists of not only our closest relatives on earth, the seven great apes, but also over 450 species of monkeys ... rely on them to identify new lineages.

According to the researchers, the Cartelles coimbrafilhoi fossil is of key importance in reconstructing the little-known evolutionary history of the monkeys of this region. The classification of this ...

Hodgson et al. (2009) used molecular data to construct phylogenetic trees and to estimate divergence dates for many New World monkey species to examine the hypothesis that they have been in stasis ...

Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys, eds. M. Glenn & M. Cords (New York, NY: Kluwer Academic Press, 2002), pp 303-317. Lambert, J. E. Primate seed dispersers as umbrella species ...