Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists may have discovered why one of the most threatened species in the world has bounced back from the brink of extinction.

A new species of ancient primate challenges what we think we know about where human ancestors diverged from monkeys.

The attention paid to charismatic popular primates—such as gorillas, chimps, orangutans, lion tamarins, and even some lemurs—could make one suppose that conservationists have the protection of our ...

Scientists have produced the first complete X and Y chromosome sequences from multiple non-human primate species, a technical achievement that researchers say could eventually support conservation ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA — Two critically endangered primates are leaving their home at the Audubon Zoo in an effort to help preserve their species. The gorillas, a male Western Lowland Silverback Gorilla ...

A critically endangered monkey has given birth just months after surgeons saved her foot in a pioneering operation. Masaya was the first ever roloway monkey to undergo surgery which removed a ...

Scientists may have discovered why one of the most threatened species in the world has bounced back from the brink of extinction. Populations of the Hainan gibbon – a critically endangered primate ...