Primates

Pigtailed macaque climbing palm tree to collect coconuts in Thailand. © Desmond Morris /Universal/Getty

Retailers respond quickly to monkey labour report

Aye-aye on a palm frond, Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar. © Thorsten Negro/Getty

Why do aye-ayes have such weird hands?

A ring-tailed lemur troop at Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar. © Anup Shah/Getty

Pheromone identified in ‘stink flirting’ lemurs

The Barbary macques of Gibraltar are the only wild monkeys in Europe. © Arnold Monteith

Monkey business: if macaques want your food, they’re not going to ask for it!

Female mountain gorilla with an infant in Virunga. © Piper Mackay/Getty

Virunga National Park closes to tourism to protect mountain gorillas from COVID-19

The orangutan has the longest childhood dependence on its mother of any animal in the world being about seven years. During this period their offspring has much to learn including which fruits and other foods are suitable for their diet. © Ian Wood.

The Orangutan’s World

Wild Sumatran orangutan hanging on liana and looking at camera

Orangutan guide: species facts, diet and best places to see

Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback, Rwanda

Gorilla guide: where they live, diet, and conservation

Chimp Gaia and caregiver Jenneh. The smallest chimp the Desmonds have ever rescued, little Gaia was less than two months old and had no teeth when she was taken from the wild. © Lindsey Parietti/BBC

When is Baby Chimp Rescue on TV?

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Ancient proteins uncover secrets of the largest ever ape

Hainan gibbon female with infant. © Jessica Bryant/ZSL

10 amazing facts about Hainan gibbons

Anna Holzner

Macaques observed devouring rats in plantations

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‘Theory of mind’ demonstrated in great apes

Young Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). © Mark Carwardine/Getty

How good is your primate knowledge?

Bornean orangutans in Sabah.

Counting orangutans using star-spotting technology