Scientists concluded that even if all 200,000 chimpanzees typed a letter a second until the end of the universe, they would have no chance of replicating Shakespeare's works.
A wild male Sumatran orangutan was seen applying chew leaves from Akar Kuning – a climbing plant used in traditional medicine to treat wounds.
It is an interesting thought experiment to ponder whether humans could have evolved with tails. The Na'vi people of "Avatar," alas, are science fiction.
There are five species of baboons, all of them live in Africa or Arabia.
A recently circulated document on social networks captures monkeys who escaped from a local zoo walking between buildings in the Gaza Strip, providing an unusual and amusing sight.
The pied tamarin has an extremely narrow geographic range in central Brazil, much of which now lies within the city of Manaus.
Video captured by a nature enthusiast showcases a leopard's pursuit of a "light meal" turning into a desperate struggle.
A new study finds that large group size and mating systems in which males have multiple mates drove the evolution of lower-pitched voices in primates.
“I am very happy to hear this,” Sanjeeva Jayawardena, the President's Counsel, is cited as having said. “These monkeys will end up in Chinese restaurants.”
Pig and monkey populations are on the rise in Southeast Asia, largely due to human activity. Unfortunately, the drastic rise in these species' populations could threaten humans with disease.
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