News

Check out our summary of all the incredible work your IPS has been up to over the past year, and including reports from our Officers and grantees, as well as updates on the elections and 2025 Congress!

Dear IPS Members: The following message is from IPS President Jonah Ratsimbazafy.  Please note the email addresses that are used to make nominations. IPS Awards Committee The IPS Awards Committee invites your nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award and the new Outstanding Achievement Award to be presented at the Joint Meeting of the International Primatological Society and the Malagasy Primatological Society […]

Looking for a way to wrap up the year on a high? Got a great idea and know a group of primate folk who can talk about it? How about putting together a symposium for #IPSMadagascar #IPS2025! Deadline for symposia outlines has been moved to the 10th Jan. More info on the Congress website https://ipsmadagascar.org/

Congratulations to our Pre-Congress Training Program awardees! 16 early career primatologists from 13 countries in Africa, Asia, & Central and South America will take part in this amazing program hosted at the wonderful Centre ValBio before attending #IPS2025 in Antananarivo in Madagascar!

The International Primatological Society expresses its deep sorrow over the passing of Dr. Milton Thiago de Mello, founding and honorary member of the Brazilian Primatological Society. At 108 years of age, Dr. Milton Thiago de Mello left an indelible legacy of dedication to primatological research and education, not only in Brazil but internationally. He passed away last Tuesday […]

New research on Himalayan langur taxonomy by IPS awardee Abid Ali & co-authors in the Asian Primates Journal! OA version available here

The International Journal of Primatology’s detailed Instructions for Authors is now available in French, simplified Chinese, and Portuguese on the IPS website: https://internationalprimatologicalsociety.org/international-journal-of-primatology/ Les instructions détaillées pour les auteurs du Journal international de primatologie sont désormais disponibles en français, en chinois simplifié et en portugais sur le site web de l’IPS 国际灵长类动物学杂志》的详细 “作者须知 ”现已有法文、简体中文和葡萄牙文版本，可在 IPS […]

The IPS Officers have written with their full support for the passage of the new Captive Primate Safety Act in the USA. Pet ownership not only causes psychological and physical trauma to nonhuman primates but is also a danger to the public. Read the full letter of support here…

We are delighted to announce that Eric Ndayishimiye has been awarded our inaugural Sebastían Ramírez Amaya Award for Fieldwork in Primatology. Eric’s PhD research at Nottingham Trent University focuses on the physiological response to social stressors and the fitness consequences in adult male mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). In 2022, the International Primatological Society created […]

It is with heavy hearts that we acknowledge the passing of Dr. Frans de Waal (1948-2024). He was the C.H. Candler Professor of Psychology at Emory University and the Director of the Living Links Center for the Advanced Study of Ape and Human Evolution at the Emory National Primate Research Center until his retirement in […]