Biodiversity research at DPZ involves all aspects of biological diversity of non-human primates. Specifically, we work on the identification and description of new species, reconstruct primate phylogeny and phylogeography, and investigate how primates interact with and adapt to their environment on an ecological, behavioural and genomic level.

We have been involved in the description of 25 primate species so far. Many of these species are threatened. Knowledge about their distribution, ecology and genetic differences is essential to protect these species effectively.