Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other ...

Tobacco farming in Uganda has resulted in the loss of trees key to the diets of chimpanzees and baboons, increasing human-primate interactions -- and the risk for disease spillover.Less than half a ...

An unlikely primate trio has formed at the Dakota Zoo. Due to the circle of life, Picchu the callimico, Huey the white fronted marmoset and Cliff the golden-headed lion tamarin all lost their mates.

A small island drifting in the Homosassa River has become home to a group of spider monkeys with a view of passing boats and ...

A team of evolutionary scientists, dermatologists and wildlife specialists affiliated with several institutions in Japan, ...

India-born Democrat Representative Shri Thanedar is facing renewed backlash over a 2010 animal cruelty controversy tied to ...

Democratic Congressman Shri Thanedar is facing renewed criticism over a 2010 incident in which over 170 dogs and monkeys were ...

Researchers have found that wounds heal three times more slowly in humans than in other primates and rodents, suggesting we ...

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In ...

Our slow healing may be a result of an evolutionary trade-off we made long ago, when we shed fur in favor of naked, sweaty skin that keeps us cool.

Walking through a darkened forest in southeastern India, hikers swept their flashlights across the branches looking for a “characteristic orange-red eye shine.” They eventually spotted it perched in ...

Elok and Negara didn't hit it off as hoped, so they will be sent elsewhere to find new mates to support dwindling orangutan ...