The rhesus macaques were of Chinese- or Indian-origin. Small in stature, they can thrive in a variety of habitats and climates, according to the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center.

Indian customs officers reportedly foiled two attempts to smuggle infant primates last week, which were carried in suitcases ...

Primates are smart, flexible ... Morgan, G.S & Woods, C.A. Extinction and the zoogeography of West Indian land mammals. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 28, 167-203 (1986).

For many of us, it may be hard to imagine that if we went back far enough in time—more than 55 million years, when the first primates are thought to have lived—that our great-a-million-times ...

These rescues underscore the ongoing threats primates face. Neha Panchamiya, founder and president of RESQ Charitable Trust, said, “The cases of jackals and primates are coming in on a large number.