Bonobos are just as aggressive as chimps, but there's a key difference — the female bonobos

A new study of chimpanzee and bonobo groups at zoos reveals similar levels of aggression. However, scientists found stark sex-based differences between the species.

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‘What’s up with all these monkeys’: Djungelskog the orangutan comforted Punch – but can the Ikea toy help me?

Punch may look sweet with his plushie – but anthropomorphism can’t tell us what a wild animal is truly experiencing

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Blue-faced, puffy-lipped monkey scores a rare conservation win

Vietnam's Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys are one of the world's most endangered primates.

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‘That’s a losing battle’: baboon incursions cause tense human-wildlife standoff in Cape Town

Animal rights activists disagree with authorities on how best to handle boom in primate population near Table Mountain

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Abandoned baby monkey finds comfort in stuffed orangutan, charming zoo visitors

At a zoo outside Tokyo, the monkey enclosure has become a must-see attraction thanks to an inseparable pair: Punch, a baby Japanese macaque, and his stuffed orangutan companion.

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Fans flock to Japan zoo to see viral baby monkey Punch

The six month old macaque's relationship with a soft toy orangutan has become an internet sensation.

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From the Damnthatsinteresting community on Reddit: Close up of gorilla beating his chest.

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Rare monkey with orange hair born at Whipsnade Zoo

Zoo says the birth of the endangered François' langur offers hope for the survival of the species.

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From cigarette-smoking orangutans to lavender for lions: Melbourne Zoo’s dark history gives way to progressive animal care

Tackling the tension between promoting conservation, keeping animals in captivity and its heavy history, the zoo has been reshaped around environmental awareness

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Bristol Zoo gorillas relocated to their new African enclosure

All eight gorillas have now been moved to their new, larger home at the Bristol Zoo Project.

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Oregon primate center to negotiate transition to sanctuary

The board of directors at Oregon Health & Science University, which runs the primate center, voted unanimously for the move.

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Orphaned Baby Orangutan Rescued from Captivity | Earth.Org

In December, The Orangutan Project rescued Jack and transferred him to their BORA Rescue Centre in East Borne, Indonesia.

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Orangutans nap to make up for lost sleep, new study reveals

Anybody who has ever struggled to get enough sleep knows just how much in life can interfere with our rest, and just how detrimental this can be to our health and happiness. Researchers from the Max P...

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"22% of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a fight" – Here’s how humans actually stack up against the world’s 10 strongest primates | Discover Wildlife

Discover the strongest primates on the planet…

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Risk-taking comes earlier in chimpanzees than in humans, study finds

Chimpanzees appear to be the biggest daredevils when they’re infants. Humans tend to take more chances and put themselves in the most danger in adolescence, so the expectation has been that chimpanzee...

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Do apes have an imagination? A new study suggests Kanzi the bonobo did

This famous ape may have understood pretend actions—suggesting he had the capacity to imagine

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Continuous Audio‐Visual Sensor Monitoring Is More Effective Than Human Observers for Detecting Moor Macaques

Camera traps and PAM outperformed human transects in detecting moor macaques: sensors overcame point transect detectability after 2 days survey. Combining both audio-visual methods achieved highest d...

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Monkey World in Dorset welcomes pet primate legislation

The new legislation requires new and existing private primate keepers to hold a licence.

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Brian Villmoare | Origins of Homo, African Fieldwork, and Cranial Evolution

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Deep in the Amazon, I discovered this monkey’s ingenious survival tactic

The red-nosed cuxiu monkey is like no other on the planet.

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Spider monkeys found to share ‘insider knowledge’ to help locate best food

Researchers observed the primates switching social groups and passing information on where to find the ripest fruit

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For two of the world’s most at-risk primates, threats abound and the future looks grim

Between Nigeria’s Cross River and Cameroon’s Sanaga River lies one of West Africa’s largest remaining blocks of intact rainforest. Noisy groups of Preuss’s red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus preussi) m...

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Matthew Borths | First Monkeys, Lemur Origins and North American Primates

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Indonesia takes action against mining firms after floods devastate population of world’s rarest ape

Conservationists hail the ‘desperately needed’ measures and urge greater protection after up to 11% of endangered Tapanuli orangutans wiped out

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Robert D. Martin | Primate Origins, Brain Evolution, and Evolutionary Medicine

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Early primates evolved in cold climates, not tropical jungles

Early primates evolved in cold North American climates 66 million years ago, enduring freezing winters before migrating to tropics.

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Aye-ayes: The strange nocturnal lemurs with long, creepy fingers

Aye-ayes are remarkable thanks to their extra-long, bony middle fingers, which they use to locate grubs and pick their noses.

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Born Free Foundation urges zoo boycott over great ape captivity

The charity calls on UK zoos, including Chester and Blackpool, to phase out the keeping of primates.

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Orangutans make up for lost sleep with daytime naps, study finds

When it comes to sleeping, few animals are as fastidious as orangutans. Each evening, as twilight approaches, the tree-dwelling great apes meticulously weave a cup-shaped nest out of branches, twigs a...

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