According to the US Department of Agriculture, in 2023 (the most recent year for which figures are available), the number of nonhuman primates (hereafter, “primates”) used in research, testing, and ...
Like other animals, primates communicate to satisfy their biological and social needs, such as avoiding predators, interacting with other group members, or maintaining cohesion during travel. To this ...
A recent study elaborates a connection between thumbs and brains in primates and is explained in the journal Communications Biology. After an investigation of 94 primate species, experts explained ...
Primate locomotion is the study of movements and postures in arboreal and terrestrial environments. Primates are masters of life in the trees, primarily due to their grasping hands and feet. Body size ...
Tracie McKinney is affiliated with the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group's Section for Human-Primate Interactions (SHPI). Michelle Rodrigues is affiliated with the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group's ...
Most people imagine our early primate ancestors swinging through lush tropical forests. But new research shows that they were braving the cold. As an ecologist who has studied chimpanzees and lemurs ...
Agnès Lacreuse receives funding from NIH, serves on the American Psychological Association Committee for Animal Research and Ethics and volunteers for Speaking of Research Allyson Bennett serves on ...
Discover the survival strategies used by primates, often in the most unexpected places. Monkey see, monkey do. From baboons facing down leopards, to lemurs exploiting a jungle pharmacy or rhesus ...
For humans, the eyes are more than just windows to the outside world. They are also portals inward, providing others with glimpses into our inner thoughts and feelings. Of all primates, human eyes are ...
Worldwide Primates, a controversial South Florida company that imports monkeys for biomedical research, has long attracted the ire of animal-rights protesters. Then came a threatening letter — loaded ...
Scientists have acquired new data supporting the idea that the last ancestor shared by all living primates walked with the dinosaurs more than 80 million years ago. The results came from a new ...