The rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago that engaged in same-sex behavior were also found to have more babies, indicating an evolutionary advantage. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

In a heated 1860 exchange between Bishop Wilberforce and TH Huxley, Wilberforce supposedly asked Huxley whether it was through his grandmother or grandfather that he claimed to have descended from a ...

Just like us, our primate relatives seek sexual gratification, though the ways they do so might seem a little strange. Ongoing research on the Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), also known as the snow ...

This photo provided by researchers shows a baby howler monkey clinging onto a young adult male capuchin monkey on Jicarón Island, Panama in September 2022. (Brendan Barrett/Max Planck Institute of ...

Most of the time, troops of macaque monkeys live together in harmony. However, in macaque societies, dominance and troop rank determine everything from access to food to mating rights. So, it’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby howler monkey clung ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, its tiny fingers grasping fur. But they're not related and not even the same species. Scientists spotted surprising ...