Prehistoric trees like Ginkgo and monkey-puzzles still have close relatives that go back at least to the time of the dinosaurs.

WASHINGTON — One of the earliest primates lived in trees and relied more on smell than vision, a new study indicates. A tiny cousin of the earliest ancestors of humans lived 54 million years ago in ...

Isaac shared this clip of a monkey who can host a masterclass on kindness. ''I always dreamed of going to the Amazon rainforest and being able to help the monkeys,'' he told WooGlobe. ''I finally ...

Soft fruits may have been the main dish on some ancient primate menus. An analysis of hundreds of fossilized primate teeth from the Fayum Depression, a desert basin in Egypt, shows just a handful were ...

WASHINGTON - One of the earliest primates lived in what is now Wyoming. A tiny cousin of the earliest ancestors of humans lived 54 million years ago, researchers report in today's online edition of ...

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The order Primates consists of not only our closest relatives on earth, the seven great apes, but also over 450 species of monkeys, lemurs, lorises, and galagos. Primates are fantastically diverse, ...

Zoo officials say 24 monkeys, one bird and a zoo employee were inside at the time. There was significant damage to the roof and side of the Exotic Animal House, which houses mostly primates. Zoo ...

A young monkey takes his first wobbly steps into the treetops, and the results are as adorable as they are suspenseful. Each ...

FOX 35's Marlisa Goldsmith speaks with the viewer who captured video of dozens of Rhesus Macaques launching themselves from ...