Frank Cuozzo and Michelle Sauther first traveled to South Africa in 2012 to search for some of the most unusual primates on Earth—bushbabies. These animals are nocturnal and small, often around the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Primates have larger brains than most other mammals of their size. This gives them advanced ...

Discover some interesting facts about bonobos, the peaceful and endangered great apes found only in the Congo rainforest.

Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their ...

A team of researchers, led by University of Colorado Boulder primatologist Michelle Sauther, found that the consequences of climate change are disproportionately affecting smaller primates from two ...

Rhesus macaque monkeys, like the 43 that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week, are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to ...

A new study explains how climbing down trees helped shape upright posture in early primates and changed the course of evolution.