Biologists group animals with similar traits into broad categories called orders. Despite their similarities, animal species ...

In a new article published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics, biologists Dr. Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir Kumar, all at Temple University, have built an evolutionary tree that ...

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time itself. These creatures, ranging from massive gorillas to tiny mouse lemurs, ...

Globally, gibbons are one of the most threatened families of primates, while the pileated gibbon is listed as endangered – Copyright SITE Intelligence Group/AFP ...

But new evidence has started to challenge the notion that human childbirth is uniquely dangerous. A new paper published today ...

Genetic diversity among great apes reflects a complex interplay of mutation, selection and demographic shifts that has shaped the evolutionary paths of orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos.

The order Primates consists of not only our closest relatives on earth, the seven great apes, but also over 450 species of monkeys, lemurs, lorises, and galagos. Primates are fantastically diverse, ...