Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and endangered black-handed spider monkeys ...

Friendly associations between gorillas and chimpanzees in the wild can persist for decades, and may originate around food sharing and defense against predators. When you purchase through links on our ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...

Two cheeky colobus monkeys ganged up on a teenage gorilla after he tried to join their fun. The black-and-white siblings were filmed perched together on their platform when nine-year-old gorilla Ajabu ...

While at VMworld 2012 last week, I couldn’t help noticing the large number of startup companies, row after row of them. So many small tech companies, most of which I had never heard of before, all ...

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Primatologist Mireya Mayor breaks down 10 monkey and ape attacks in movies, including "King Kong," based on realism. Mayor debunks common misconceptions about the behavior and appearance of the great ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The video above is from a previous report. Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens announced the death of their Silverback Gorilla Lash on Thursday. He was one of the zoo's oldest ...

This week’s horror-comedy release “The Monkey,” from writer-director Osgood Perkins, is based on a Stephen King short story, and stars Theo James as twins still tormented by a toy monkey from their ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Primates have larger brains than most other mammals of their size. This gives them advanced ...