A big difference between humans and other apes is the ability to stride easily on two feet. A new analysis of fossil bones shows that adaptations for bipedal walking go back 7 million years.

Maple Tree Capital, an investment management company, released its Q3 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be ...

The presents are unwrapped, the cookies are crumbs, and that real Christmas tree will become a fire hazard soon enough. Most ...

Scientists researching primates, called "primatologists," have learned a lot over the years about our closest evolutionary ...

This important manuscript presents a thorough analysis of the evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex gene families across Primates. A key strength of this analysis is the use of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland Metroparks Zoo today celebrated the final beam raising for its ambitious Primate Forest and CrossCountry Mortgage Forest Home project, marking a significant step toward the ...

Galveston's Moody Gardens is celebrating the rare birth of one of the world's most endangered primates. On Aug. 18, 2025, a baby Pygmy slow loris was born inside the Rainforest Pyramid, weighing just ...

Researchers find that long thumbs in primates are consistently associated with big brains. Freepik As the sole surviving human species, our big brains and nimble hands have always made us feel special ...

Sixty-six million years ago, North America saw long, dark winters. Fossils now suggest tiny primates were already there, coping with ice and snow. A new analysis turns the usual tropical origin story ...

When did the first multicellular creatures appear? How did flowering plants evolve? Did T. Rex have feathers? Paleontology doesn’t lack for interesting questions. But there’s one topic that can’t help ...

A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced ...