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NYTIMES (Taylor Mitchell Brown) - Humans Love Having Pets. Seems Like Some Other Primates Do, Too.

We aren’t the only animals that like to take care of other species. A new study finds that the roots of keeping a pet may stretch deep into our primate past.

NYTIMES (Kate Golembiewski) - Meet Earth’s Newest Monkey. (And Check Out Its Orange Lips.)

It is only the fifth new African monkey identified as a new species in the past 75 years.

NYTIMES (Emily Anthes) - Tickled Apes Reveal the Rhythmic Roots of Laughter

A study of chimps, gorillas and other great apes, including human children, sheds light on how laughter has evolved.

NPR (Gabrielle Emanuel) - A park famed for rare gorillas gears up to fight Ebola and protect its primates

In Virunga National Park, rangers are on the frontlines — playing a critical role to contain the surging virus while coping with an upsurge in conflict-related violence.

NPR (Nathan Rott) - What a chimpanzee 'civil war' can teach us about how societies fall apart

A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers describe as the primate equivalent of a "civil war."

NYTIMES (Carl Zimmer) - These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why.

A long-running conflict in a Ugandan park may provide clues to the origins of human warfare, and how to avoid it.

WASHINGTONPOST (Casey Parks) - Biruté Galdikas, authority on orangutans, has died. She was one of ‘Leakey’s Angels.’

Along with Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall, Biruté Galdikas, 79, made ground-breaking discoveries about one of humankind’s closest primate relatives.

ABCNEWS - WATCH: San Diego Zoo Safari Park baby cheetahs’ names revealed

“GMA” reveals the names of the first four baby cheetahs born at the park since 2020, that were chosen through an online poll and by wildlife care staff.