Primates Videos

The animals at the PPI animal sanctuary enjoy a special treat: A watermelon party.

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Carmen has cared for his chimps since they were young. As adults, they're too powerful to be let out of their cage.

At our headquarters sanctuary in South Carolina, we care for dozens of rescued gibbons, the smallest of the apes. Like other primates, and us, gibbons are sensitive , curious , social , playful , and full of personality.

In this podcast, hear about about Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's language studies with bonobos, a primate closely related to humans. Interview conducted by Rima Chaddha. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. For more on bonobos and what they might teach us about ourselves, visit www.pbs.org/nova/bonobos

They were all found in cuts from one NASA/JPL image

A decade of e-mailing, IM'ing and social networking is beginning to undo 40 million years of touching as a primary human modality. Nina Jablonski - acclaimed primatologist, evolutionary biologist and Penn State anthropology department head - explores this change,our role as the only "self-decorating ape," and how our underappreciated skin holds the key to our humanity.

Aggressive male mandrill monkey with his adoring girlfriends.

Solomon is a black panther that was destined to end up in a canned hunt where exotic animals with no place to flee are killed for "sport". Fortunately, Solomon was rescued by Primarily Primates www.primarilyprimates.org.

There are almost as many species of primates as there are days in the year. And each species of primate is unique and special. They range in size from the tiny pygmy mouse lemur that weighs about an ounce to the gorilla weighing up to 600 pounds!Each of the IPPL member organizations devote themselves to conservation and protection of primate species native to their area, or to primates imported into their area that need sanctuary. Dr. Shirley McGreal devotes her sanctuary in South Carolina to the rescue and care of the smallest of the ape family, the gibbon, the acrobats of the southeast Asian forests.Caring about and respecting wildlife is the right thing to do. We re grateful to people like Dr. McGreal who have kept their promise to the primates. The solution to threatened and endangered species seems simple: Let primates remain in their natural habitat where they can happily sing, swing, forage for food, and raise their young. If we can allow them to do this, these precious primates will be around for many years to come.