This photograph shows two species from the study by Toussaint et al. – a raccoon (Procyon lotor) and mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz) – climbing on vertical supports. Researchers have shed new light on ...

“A 62-million-year-old skeleton of this quality and completeness offers novel insights into mixodectids, including a much clearer picture of their evolutionary relationships,” study co-author and Yale ...

Gibbons are the smallest species of apes. These tree-dwelling primates live in the rainforests of Southeast, South, and East Asia. Gibbons are naturally playful and curious, with a high level of ...

A 6-year-old lar gibbon, a tree-dwelling primate species known for its distinctly white ringed face, now resides at the BioPark and Zoo.Named Polaris, the gibbon became friends with the other gibbon ...

Studying ancient mammals helps scientists understand how life evolved and adapted over millions of years. Fossil discoveries ...

Scientists have detected microplastics in the digestive systems of red howler monkeys living in protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, marking the first evidence of plastic ingestion by a ...

Your body is a living museum of evolution, carrying within it the remarkable story of our species’ 6-million-year journey from tree-dwelling primates to modern humans. Every day, you experience the ...

Encounter jungle wildlife, including killer tree-dwelling pythons and delightful monkeys. In Jungle Animals, viewers encounter gorillas and orangutans, killer tree-dwelling pythons, delightful monkeys ...