primates (Page 2)

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a baby howler monkey on the back of a juvenile capuchin

Capuchin monkeys kidnap baby howler monkeys, shocking scientists

By Lauren Leffer

A mother chimpanzee carrying her twins on her back.

Wild chimp babies bond with their moms in human-like ways

By Laura Baisas

a close-up of a chimpanzee eating a piece of watermelon

Chimpanzees can keep a rhythmic beat

By Laura Baisas

three chimpanzees sit around a round fruit sharing it

Wild chimps sharing ‘boozy’ fruit caught on camera for the first time

By Laura Baisas

Two young gorillas, habituated to human presence, scratch the soil in search of truffles

A group of gorillas have a surprising knack for hunting truffles, researchers find

By Laura Baisas

Macaque eats food rests from a trash in Kandy, Sri Lanka

Fighting monkeys cause nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka

Close up of baboon face

Alpha male baboons’ obsession with females stresses them out

Three chimpanzees in an enclosure at the Kumamoto Sanctuary holding leafy branches.

Peeing is contagious for chimpanzees

By Laura Baisas

Baby spider monkey in a pink onesie

Endangered Species

Endangered baby monkey found clinging to driver of speeding Rolls Royce

a small baby gibbon with large eyes sits on its mother

Endangered newborn siamang gibbon is a ‘sign of hope’

By Laura Baisas

Chimpanzee playing a number-based game on a touch screen

Like humans, chimps often perform tasks differently when crowds are watching

Close up of two rhesus monkeys

43 rhesus macaques have escaped from South Carolina’s ‘Monkey Farm’

Silhouette of a loving couple hugging and kissing at sunset on the beach.

The origins of kissing may have a lot to do with body hair

A proboscis monkey in a mangrove conservation forest in Tarakan, North Borneo, Indonesia. It is light brown in color with a very large, round, droopy, and prominent nose.

These monkeys have giant noses for exactly the reason you think

By Laura Baisas