"It would be beneficial to all if simple, appropriate action is taken." Researchers make disturbing discovery in market set ...

Unbeknown to them, some may even be committing a crime if they pick up primate skulls — a commodity openly sold in Bali’s curio shops, despite it being illegal. A recent , published in the ...

Archaeologists uncovered a fossilized skull of an ancient sharp-toothed predator that likely hunted early elephants and primates.

From the bumblebee bat to the Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, here are eight of the world's smallest mammals who thrive in a world ...

Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids and lived during the Paleocene epoch. This geological epoch ...

comprising a nearly complete skull, reveals that Bastetodon was a dominant predator 30 million years ago. The find offers insights into Africa’s prehistoric food chain and early primate ...

Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.

Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

Catherine Riddle, Duke Lemur Center Museum of Natural History Collections Manager, holds the skull of an ancient squirrel, one of more than 35,000 pieces in the museum's collection. Photo by Stephen ...

In the middle of the Caribbean Sea, over 1,000 rhesus macaques live on an island that measures less than a tenth of a mile ...