Chimps 'raid' fruit to lure mates
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Scientists find that male chimpanzees will embark on crop raiding for fruit to attract a mate.
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Scientists believe they are a step closer to understanding how to block the transmission of HIV. A US and Swiss team used an experimental drug to protect monkeys from their equivalent of the virus.
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A recent census of the world's primate population finds that many of them are in danger of disappearing
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NGAMBA ISLAND, Uganda - The produce starts flying every afternoon at 2:30, just after the 41 chimpanzees emerge from the forest. No one calls them. They know they have a standing reservation at this salad bar bombardment.
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Male chimpanzees have evolved huge testicles and sperm counts for their body size. Among gorillas, females mate only with a dominant male, and accordingly, gorillas&#39; testicles are tiny.
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Heart of barkingness A team of cryptozoologists is headed for the South American jungle to track down a legendary apeman said to terrorise villages and tear out cattle tongues.â¦
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Wild South American monkeys routinely use fist-sized rocks to crack open seeds and to dig in dry Brazilian soil for grubs and edible tubers, researchers report in the journal Science.
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By TALES AZZONI  SAO PAULO, Brazil - The theft of a rare Amazon monkey from a Brazilian zoo could harm biologists' efforts to repopulate the endangered species, zoo officials said Wednesday.
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Wild chimpanzees have been filmed using tools in combination to extract termites from mounds&#151;further evidence that tool use is not unique to humans.
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Male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females, according to a recent study that suggests the primates may treat sex as a commodity.
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A wildlife park is widening its collection of animals to include Japanese macaques.
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Scientists believe a chimp virus may hold the clue in the long-running battle to develop a malaria vaccine.
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There are 19 macaque species in Asia and one in Africa, and they are said to be second only to human beings in their wide geographical distribution.
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>Tool use more widespread among chimp population  The noise came from the trees: crack, crack, crack.
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Scientists in the United States find a way to turn lazy monkeys into workaholics using gene therapy.
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Male monkeys that experienced a strong immune response after being injected with the protein eppin maintained the ability to copulate with female monkeys but did not impregnate any of them, a finding that could lead to the development of a new male
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Authorities in Puerto Rico are using cages and mangos to try to trap hundreds of marauding monkeys &#151; descendants of escaped research animals &#151; and hope to send them off to sanctuaries or labs, or to kill them.