Noah and Peanut Butter — an uncle and nephew — are ambassadors for habitat preservation: pied tamarin monkeys in the face of imminent extinction.

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium is the new home of four juvenile Mexican spider monkeys rescued from illegal wildlife ...

Old World monkeys (and apes) and New World monkeys belong to the same domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, suborder, and infraorder. However, their differences beyond infraorder are significant ...

The prominent noses of male proboscis monkeys, long thought to be merely visual signals, play a crucial role in vocal ...

FOTA Wildlife Park has announced the birth of an endangered male drill monkey. The young drill is the offspring of nine-year-old mother Lewa and 10-year-old father Ekona. Drills are a rare primate ...

By Hannah McIlree Click here for updates on this story OMAHA (KMTV) — The Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has welcomed four new residents who survived a harrowing journey. Lily, Chicharra (Chichi), Rosa ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and endangered black-handed spider ...

The new titis live in the zoo's Hall of Animals Building. Other monkey species at the Prospect Park Zoo include Geoffroy's marmosets, Geoffroy's tamarins, golden lion tamarins and hamadryas baboons.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Zoo is celebrating an exciting moment with the birth of the zoo's first-ever infant colobus ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed a new addition last month. This little Francois' langur, a type of monkey, was born on December 13 to first time parents Mei Mei and Chester. Her name ...

Lemurs are among the best-known representatives of Madagascar's animal kingdom. They make up more than 15% of all primate ...

The explosion of new lemur species that began when the first of those animals arrived on Madagascar more than 50 million ...