Recent research has shattered previous assumptions about primate social complexity, revealing that chimpanzees and bonobos ...

From grooming rituals to soaking in hot baths, Japan’s snow monkeys blur the line between animal instinct and human-like behavior. This exploration uncovers the biology, social intelligence, and ...

Have you ever gone to the zoo and observed the monkeys picking each other? This is a well-documented, long-studied, instinctive behavior in primates (monkeys, apes, etc.) called the grooming response.

These friendships often lasted for life, and scientists say they show how male primates can use kindness and affection to socially succeed. A young Kinda baboon at Mahale Mountains Nationalpark, ...