A new bipartisan bill could end the import of primates for U.S. research, targeting the roughly 20,000 monkeys brought into the country each year for laboratories or their suppliers. | A new ...

When three critically endangered black-handed spider monkeys were confiscated across upstate New York, Carmen Presti of the Primate Sanctuary in Niagara Falls received an urgent call for their care.

Like people, nonhuman primates live in groups that vary in size and shape depending on the species. Some primate groups are ...

Scientists hope fieldwork here will reveal clues to human evolution and adaptation.

OHSU has kicked off formal negotiations with the National Institutes of Health on the future of the Oregon National Primate ...

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Like most others who heard the tragic news, I was saddened to learn that five monkeys were shot and killed by sheriffs last week, and two others shot by area residents this week, when they escaped a ...

Dozens of young, female primates have escaped from a research facility in South Carolina. Police say nearby residents shouldn’t monkey around: the primates are skittish and human interaction could ...

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