"There is a significant difference in intelligence between monkeys and apes," Becky Malinsky, curator of primates at the ...

O ver 100 scientists and conservationists have come together to compile a report on the 25 most endangered primate species in ...

A new global assessment has identified 25 primate species that are now the most endangered on Earth including the Tapanuli ...

Nearly two-thirds of all primates are in danger of disappearing, including 100 that have only been described by science in ...

“Monkey” is generally accepted to refer to two types of primates: New World and Old World monkeys. A few significant ...

Over time, early primates split into different groups. The first to appear were the prosimians. Next were the New World and then the Old World monkeys. Old World monkeys live in Asia and Africa ...

Howlers are New World monkeys found in tropical Central and South America. They are aptly named for their cacophonous cries. When a number of howlers let loose their lungs in concert, often at ...

Monkeys are the world’s best yodellers, according to new research. Rather than Austria or Switzerland, scientists say the champions at the traditional form of singing which involves repeated and ...

These fall into three major groups: 172 Old World monkeys and apes (Catarrhini), 146 New World monkeys (Platyrrhini), and 144 lemurs, lorises, and galagos (Strepsirrhini). They’re not just ...

The role of body-size variation as a "line of least evolutionary resistance" has been documented in both Old and New World monkeys (Figure 2). In these cases, diversification of cranial form ...

Hamrick, M. W. Functional and adaptive significance of primate pads and claws: evidence for New World anthropoids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 106, 113-127 (1998). Hamrick ...