Biologists group animals with similar traits into broad categories called orders. Despite their similarities, animal species in the same order can have very different average lifespans. One of the ...

In a new article published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics, biologists Dr. Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir Kumar, all at Temple University, have built an evolutionary tree that ...

Research suggests 66 percent of primate species are vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered and 85 percent of primate species are in decline. In many ways, humans are largely to blame. While ...

A new study challenges the long-held idea that early primates began in warm tropical forests. Fossil and climate evidence ...

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For decades, the story of primate origins seemed straightforward. Early primates were thought to have emerged in warm, humid ...

Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos, even during conflicts with ...

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It seems that a lot of you out there are concerned about the latest report from Conservation International on the precarious fate of the 25 most endangered primates and what can be done to save them — ...

Primarily Primates, a thriving animal sanctuary in Texas, has decided on a super fun way to help people deal with social distancing and feel like they are a part of the animal rescue community. They ...