All news on the topic: Monkeys

At a sanctuary in Zambia, captive chimpanzees are placing blades of grass in their ears—and even in their rectums—engaging in a puzzling social trend that might aid in enhancing primate relationships

"We’ve not seen anything like this in the animal kingdom."

Officials reported that Sarmad Ghaled Dafar received a four-month jail sentence for illegally transporting six rare baby spider monkeys across the Mexican border and trying to sell them on Facebook

Meet the monkey that made friends with a dog and enjoys snuggling and watching movies with its owner

Police are on the hunt for the suspects behind a series of wild videos showcasing a monkey and lion cub inside a car as it strolls the streets of Israel.

A nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka, leaving many without air conditioning on a scorching hot day, has been attributed to a misbehaving monkey that entered a power station south of the capital, Colombo

Officials say they have recaptured the final four monkeys who escaped two months ago from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research.

Researchers from Leiden University in the Netherlands found that pupil size and iris brightness influence others' behaviors and attraction levels.

That's one groovy monkey

In Madera County, officers stopped Ali Mused Adel Mohamed, who was driving a 2022 Rolls Royce Ghost, for speeding on SR-99. However, when they approached the car, they were surprised to find a one-month-old primate in a pink onesie sitting in the front seat

The Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center has been accused of mistreatment following the escape of 43 monkeys from the facility

Documents leaked to Peta show that, between 2021 and 2023, multiple primates housed at two Alpha Genesis Incorporated locations in South Carolina endured preventable injuries and deaths.

Jorgie Boy, a three-year-old spider monkey, was discovered with a bone disease after being removed from his owner, Brandi Botello, 29, following a car accident. She was charged with driving under the influence on Saturday morning, according to authorities

Employees at a South Carolina compound that breeds monkeys for medical research recaptured five more animals that escaped last week.

A total of 25 monkeys out of the 43 that escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have been caught-- with a "sizable group" of remaining primates being eyed nearby, authorities said Sunday.

The Rhesus macaques made a break for it Wednesday after an employee at the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee didn’t fully lock a door as she fed and checked on them, officials said.

According to a local police chief, the group of Rhesus macaques that have escaped, which are all females, present "almost no threat" to the public

The rhesus macaques escaped from an Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee on Wednesday evening

Researchers in Australia have put to the test an old saying that suggests a monkey, given infinite time, could eventually produce Shakespeare's works

The fatalities involved three individuals from a species that is critically endangered

A 3-year-old spider monkey named Ticky recently made a hilarious special appearance in The Bronx -- clad in a diaper while frolicking around her owner's tow truck.

Mexico's brutal heat wave may have killed hundreds of howler monkeys, said veterinarians and rescuers.

The heat in Mexico is so intense that howler monkeys are dropping dead from the trees

More than two decades after being rescued from a British laboratory, a monkey is now roaming the Irish wilderness after escaping from his sanctuary—though officials have warned people to keep their distance

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences recorded the first-ever live birth of a chimeric monkey using stem cells, with the animal having luminous green eyes and fingertips.