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Although twins are rare in human society, and non-human primates usually only give birth to one baby per litter, a new study from the United States has shown that twins were not uncommon in the ...

The total number of nonhuman primates in research in the United States was 71,921 in 2021 (the most recent year for which figures are available), according to the US Department of Agriculture. This ...

Despite the fact that almost all primates today, including people, usually give birth to just one baby, our most recent common ancestor, which roamed North America about 60 million years ago ...

What features distinguish primates from other mammals? This question is of central importance to Biological Anthropology - the study of primate adaptation and evolution. In addition to having ...

There has been in recent years a substantial increase in the variety of enhancement devices available for nonhuman primates in captivity, and the task of properly outfitting a housing unit can be ...

The six infant orangutans, packed into small crates labeled “birds,” were covered in vomit and feces. A Thai veterinarian who examined the baby primates said that they had been drugged, were starving, ...

A Chennai-based man was caught trafficking five baby Siamang gibbon primates after he was found carrying them in his hand bag on his arrival at the Mumbai international airport from Malaysia, ...