China is among the world's megadiverse countries, home to an extraordinary range of ecosystems. Given its unique and varied ...

Tomàs Marquès Bonet is a full professor in the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences at Pompeu Fabra University ...

Lennette Newell's new book is a unique fact-filled photographic gem packed with beautiful images accompanied by detailed ...

On West Africa’s stunningly diverse Bioko Island, rare primates are being slaughtered to feed a growing bush-meat trade. When ...

Finding a new monkey species in the 21st century is exceptionally rare. Primates are among the best-documented mammals, so scientists don’t often encounter an entire population that has remained ...

But according to a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, some monkeys may ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of researchers discovered a new species of monkey and formed deep friendship along the way.

In 2016, during her PhD field expedition in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary of south-east Nigeria, Nigerian biologist Iroro Tanshi made a groundbreaking discovery. While trapping bats near a roost ...

A monkey with striking orange lips and a thunderous roar has just been identified as a new species after years of mystery.

Scientists have long thought humans have a uniquely difficult birth compared with other primates. And it's true that, from an ...

Saving primates, such as monkeys and apes, from extinction could protect thousands of other species that occur in forest ...

When Emmanuel de Merode looks around, it's a picture of serenity. "Most evenings there are elephants crossing the river and pods of hippos," says de Merode, director of the Virunga National Park, ...