What features distinguish primates from other mammals? This question is of central importance to Biological Anthropology - the study of primate adaptation and evolution. In addition to having ...

Primates are conspicuous inhabitants of many ecological communities in the tropics. What impacts - beneficial or negative - do they have on other species, and vice versa? Given the extreme ...

By Spoorthy Raman Charmed by the picturesque beaches and enchanting temple complexes, millions of tourists flock each year to ...

Primate species in research include rhesus macaques, long-tailed (a.k.a. crab-eating or cynomolgus) macaques, stump-tailed macaques, pig-tailed macaques, squirrel monkeys, owl monkeys, African green ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed the first transgenic nonhuman primate model—genetically ...

There are more than 20 species of mouse lemurs, and several have been identified only in recent years. This is a rarity in primate research, and illustrates just how much remains to be known about ...

Studying primate characteristics requires access to their skeletons, which can be costly and cause wear and tear to the ...

Test your knowledge with our Bitesize quiz. Find out more about these fascinating mammals in Primates. The first episode is on Sunday 26 April at 8.15pm and later on BBC iPlayer. Filming a nature ...

These included the first fully aquatic mammals (whales) and flying mammals (bats), as well as rodents and primates. This sudden expansion of species diversity into new ways of life is known as ...

An international team of scientists led by a recent doctoral graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst sheds new ...

is home to ten primate species, including proboscis monkeys, which occur only in Borneo, two species of leaf monkey, two species of macaque, gibbons, as well as the large-eyed, nocturnal tarsier and ...