Gorillas and chimpanzees, though sharing DNA and habitats, exhibit distinct characteristics. Gorillas, the largest primates, ...

Over 15 months on Jicarón Island, researchers saw five capuchin juveniles abduct 11 endangered howler monkey infants — all for no clear purpose.

A new study puts cuttlefish at center stage with the famous "marshmallow test," and shows that these soft-bodied hunters have ...

Palaeo climate research shows that past global warming events triggered significant ecological changes, favouring deciduous ...

Plus, researchers could hear adult howler monkeys calling back and forth with the infants, who would sometimes try to crawl ...

Gorillas are beautiful animals of enormous size! They are easy to recognize as they thump their chests with muscular arms and ...

It looks like a mix between a marmot, a capybara, and a stuffed animal. And when it opens its mouth, it sounds like someone loudly calling for their mother while waiting in line at a government office ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate.

This week, paleontologists reported finding new details in an Archaeopteryx fossil via CT scanning and UV light exposure.

A new fossil and DNA analysis traces how dozens of sloth species responded to climate shifts and humans. Just two small tree-dwelling sloths remain today.

Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more prevalent. There followed a time when the continental ice sheets expanded and contracted ...