Tiny but Mighty: How Monkeys Make Up for Their Size

If you lose your sight, you make up for it with other senses. If one arm is amputated, you learn to do twice as many things ...

Snow monkeys love hot springs. They’re also good for them.

They found that bathing in hot springs subtly reshapes the snow monkeys’ relationships with their parasites and gut microbes.
New Atlas

Chilling 66-million-year-old discovery rewrites primate origin story

A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced ...
Nature

Same-sex sexual behaviour can help primates to survive — and reproduce

Bonds between same-sex individuals help apes and monkeys to manage conflict and strengthen alliances, especially in dry ...

Bonobos are the only primates that don’t kill their own but unite when facing death threats

Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among ...

Same-sex sexual behavior observed in dozens of primate species, suggesting evolutionary origin

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...
Earth.com

Same-sex behavior in primates and other animals may be an evolved survival strategy

Same-sex behavior is widespread in primates and may help strengthen social bonds and improve survival under challenging ...
The Economist

Same-sex sexual behaviour in primates is a survival strategy

In truth, it is not a paradox. The animals involved all seem perfectly eager participants in heterosexual behaviour, as well, so their reproduction is not compromised. It is, though, a puzzle—for ...