In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

Scientists researching primates, called "primatologists," have learned a lot over the years about our closest evolutionary ...

Progress continues in the development of reparative interventions to enhance recovery after experimental spinal cord injury (SCI). Here we discuss to what extent rodent models of SCI have limitations ...

Researchers are looking for answers behind the mystery of Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest known primate that ever lived.

New biogeographic evidence supports the origin of primates in the Jurassic and the evolution of the modern primate groups -- prosimians, tarsiers, and anthropoids -- by the early Cretaceous. A new ...

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As cyclones and droughts are expected to grow in frequency and intensity while global temperatures rise, humankind’s closest relatives will become increasingly vulnerable to extinction, scientists say ...

This week news services were all a-twitter about a 47-million-year-old fossil primate from the famous Messel deposits of Germany. Named Darwinius masillae and described in the journal PLoS One, the ...

Self-pleasure occurs all across the animal kingdom, but it’s still unclear why primates in particular evolved autosexual behavior. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 6, 2023 7:01 PM EDT Get the Popular ...

Animal rights groups celebrate, but the Trump administration is light on specifics about phasing out federally funded medical ...

Residents are "strongly" advised to keep doors and windows securely closed. Forty-three primates remain on the loose in a South Carolina town, two days after escaping from a research laboratory, ...