How do you combat dangerous primate hunters in a dense and secluded rainforest? Simple, you use the sounds of that rainforest against them.
After the complet...
Capuchin monkeys in Brazil have been using tools for at least 700 years, according to new research. This is the earliest evidence of tool use in New World monke...
A rising market for bush meat and an associated increase in hunting with guns on Bioko Island has put seven species of monkey under threat of extinction.
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Whilst in relation to their body size corvids and parrots have large brains, proportionally similar to that of monkeys and apes, the overall size remains small....
Technology and biodiversity haven’t always had the greatest of relationships. Generally speaking, as technology has advanced it has made life easier for people....
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Or so the saying goes. For female baboons, that may not be quite true.
A new study published in Nature Communicatio...
Baboons are highly social creatures, constantly interacting with and gleaning information from others. New research shows that when they spot a neighbour eating...
Imagine if you relied on your body odours to keep intruders away from your home. You’d want to do what you could to up the stink factor, right? For the lemurs o...
Between 37 and 34 million years ago, a few intrepid monkeys, clinging to rafts of vegetation, were washed away from the African continent and towards South Amer...
Next time you find yourself reaching for an orange from a fruit bowl, or taking a banana out of your lunchbox, just take a moment to appreciate the sweet and va...
