Misunderstandings about the primate's role are common, according to Archdeacon Paul Feheley, who has served as principal secretary to the last two primates.

New Delhi [India], June 6 ( ANI ): Turns out, chimps, orangutans, lemurs, and other cuddle primates are in a serious peril.

It is estimated 120 monkeys are being kept as pets in Wales - with the charity receiving more calls about primates last year than ever before.

Montgomery presents readers with an examination of primatologyAEs shift from short-term expeditions to demythologize the behavior of primates in their natural habitats to its arrival as a full-fledged scientific field of study.

A handful of roughly 36-million-year-old fossil teeth unearthed in Peru have put new bite into the idea that ancient African monkeylike primates somehow reached South America and sparked the evolution of New World monkeys.

Most imported nonhuman primates are bred for research and undergo standard screening and conditioning before shipment, which substantially reduce importation-associated health risks (4).

But they are also concerned about what will happen to the more than 2,000 primates at the facility.

Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- The world's 25 most endangered primates have been revealed in a new report released on Monday at the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity COP11.

Organiser Greg Clifton, primate keeper at Twycross, said: "As the World Primate Centre, it was my vision to unite keepers from across the world at Twycross so we can swap and share our own skills and knowledge on New World primates.

Dear Editor, This year, MEPs and the UK Government are deciding on new rules on animal experiments, and the European Commission has proposed a phase-out of the use of primates.

Ziggy is a mouse lemur, one of the smallest primates in the world.

It's possible, though, that primates are infected with an equally divergent simian version that just hasn't been found yet.