Great apes, humans' closest relatives, are nearing extinction and people should fear losing the biological knowledge that would die along with them, a primatologist says.

New report shows drastic decline in endangered primates and calls for conservation measures. An international team of primate researchers has published the 25 most endangered primate species in Asia, ...

Conservationists are celebrating the birth of the United Kingdom's only baby bonobo - in what could be a "milestone" moment in saving the endangered species from extinction. Adorable photos show first ...

This wide-ranging overview traces human evolution from the earliest primates around 85 million years ago through the emergence of apes, australopithecines, and the many human species that followed. It ...

Nearly three weeks after a cyclone ripped through northern Sumatra, killing more than 1,000 people, the Indonesian region remains devastated. Towns are cut off and more than 100,000 people have been ...