Some chimpanzees seem to use sexual behaviour like genital rubbing to manage stressful situations, which shows they aren’t as different from hypersexual bonobos – our other closest living ape ...

Dr. Craig Stanford is a leading primatologist whose research has transformed how we understand great apes and their world. As a professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology at the University of ...

The ongoing conflict in DRC between the M23 rebel group and the Congolese military does not only impact the human population.

What is a woolly monkey? An animal called a woolly monkey seems like it should live in the frozen north, not the sweltering Amazon Basin. But the thick coat of fur covering these large primates ...

Mar. 12, 2025 — We're all familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward-predicting stimulus. Perhaps you experience it yourself when passing a ...

Monkeys become dependent when people feed them as the macaques then expect food daily from humans, says Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan). As such, department director ...

From Curious George to King Kong, monkeys and apes have always been fan favorites. The majestic silverback mountain gorilla and the tiny pygmy marmoset, despite their incredible differences, are ...

In the untamed realms of nature, few spectacles match the awe-inspiring prowess of monkey-eating eagles avian predators whose characteristics and behaviors captivate the imagination. These majestic ...

GUANGXI, China (The Straits Times/ANN): A zoo in China is investigating an incident in which a chimpanzee was captured on video smoking a discarded cigarette butt, according to Chinese media.