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Many young orangutans do not survive in the wild after being released from human care because they often lack the skills needed to survive in the canopy. Conservationist Dr. Signe Preuschoft had an idea to teach these young orangutans to climb.

Dusky langurs' once pristine forests are now bisected by busy roads. To move through their territory, they must risk crossing dangerous traffic every day. After witnessing their struggle, Local Researcher Jo Leen Yap decided to build a monkey bridge.

Get an intimate look at the wildlife of Lapland, a region in northern Finland, the fabled home of Santa Claus and actual home of reindeer, great gray owls, wolverines, eagles, wolves, musk oxen, brown bears and more.

On Koram Island, beach-combing long-tailed macaques have developed impressive tool-using skills, which are having some surprising consequences. If these monkeys continue to overharvest their environment, the shellfish could disappear. This is the first reported case of a tool-using animal, other than ourselves, overexploiting a natural ...

For a tiny golden-headed lion tamarin mother, pregnancy and birth take a huge toll. Therefore, it's the tamarin dad who shoulders the burden of responsibility of taking care of the young.

Watch the first moving images of a Tapanuli orangutan mother and her infant. When the Tapanuli orangutan was named in 2017, it became the newest, and in the same moment, most endangered great ape on Earth.

Between gorillas, lemurs, orangutans and Japanese macaques, which primate do you most closely identify with? Take our short, multiple choice quiz after you watch Nature's three-part mini series, Primates. 

Silverback mountain gorillas have a fearsome reputation with aggression that helps maintain family order. However, not everyone shows this gorilla troop leader the respect he deserves.

Like many primates, lemurs are prone to ticks and other parasites. But as well as grooming each other, this group has developed a more ingenious means of keeping pests at bay: self- medication.