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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 […]

The Officers of the IPS join the world of primatology and conservation in mourning the devastating sudden loss of Prof. Christophe Boesch.  He was the founder of the Taí Chimpanzee Project in the 1970s and the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation in 2000, as well as the Director of the Primatology department of the Max Planck Institute […]

Sue Taylor Parker passed away from Parkinson’s disease at the age of 85 on August 26, 2023. Sue was a Biological Anthropologist who taught at Sonoma State University in Northern California until she retired in 2002 as Full Professor Emeritus. She was a notable scholar of comparative cognitive development and gained international recognition for her […]

The Education Committee received 21 nominations this year.  Seven nominees were women, 13 men and there was one nomination for a group of indigenous people; 14 from African countries, 4 from South American countries and 3 from Asian countries.  The 4 top-ranking nominations evaluated by seven members of the Education Committee are Comfort Davies, from Liberia; Henry Didier […]