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A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.

Fossils show that howler monkey ancestors, Stirtonia victoriae, were eating leaves 13 million years ago, altering body size ...

Fossils show that howler monkey ancestors were eating leaves 13 million years ago, shaping body size and evolution.

From tool-using chimpanzees to puzzle-solving capuchins, the primate world is packed with surprising brainpower. But how do the planet’s cleverest monkeys and apes really compare with human intelligen ...

An extinct relative of the howler monkey may have been the first leaf-eating primate in South and Central America ...

Punch, a young macaque who was previously rejected by his mother and other monkeys at Ichikawa City Zoo, is now beginning to bond with his troop after weeks of attention from visitors following his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The baby otters found in a field in Stoke by Clare are now doing well at South Essex Wildlife Hospital [South Essex Wildlife ...

The baby otters found in a field in Stoke by Clare are now doing well at South Essex Wildlife Hospital Two weak baby otters who were rescued from a waterlogged field are now doing well, a wildlife ...

I’ve been hooked on animal attractions ever since I visited an ethical elephant rescue in the jungle of Northern Thailand. I’m not into traditional zoos where all the animals are caged and depressed.

In Alaska, a state brimming with iconic wildlife — from grizzly bears to king salmon, humpback whales to harbor seals — the charismatic, densely coated sea otter stands out as perhaps the state’s most ...