A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

The Brevard Zoo announced it is now home to two black-and-white Colobus monkeys. This species of primate is classified as ...

Bonobo chimpanzees are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos. … They still showed increased alertness ...

Bonds between same-sex individuals help apes and monkeys to manage conflict and strengthen alliances, especially in dry ...

A new study by researchers at Imperial College London and published on Monday in Nature Ecology & Evolution could help shed ...

A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced ...

Some 60 primate species, including baboons, chimpanzees and vervet monkeys, express homosexuality, according to a new study that sheds further light on the evolutionary origin of same-sex intimacy.

The terms “ape,” “great ape,” “monkey,” “primate,” and “gorilla” are often used interchangeably, but they describe very ...

Homosexual behaviour in primates has a deep evolutionary basis and is more likely to occur in species that live in harsh ...