Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to the arrival of a new baby squirrel monkey! And the best part? You ...

Disturbing new research reveals that jaguars and pumas in damaged tropical forests are increasingly preying on monkeys, a dietary shift that signals ecosystem collapse. Scientists studying big cat ...

Monkeys have different lifespans depending on their species and living conditions. In the wild, they live between 10 and 30 years; in captivity, some can live up to 50 years with proper care.

These monkeys have the largest natural range of any non-human primate, stretching from Afghanistan and India to Vietnam and China. ... The species shared about 93% of its DNA with humans, ...

LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (CBS12) — The birth of this tiny monkey is big news for Lion Country Safari! The safari park is celebrating the birth of a baby squirrel monkey named Everett. Born on December ...

Scientists have recently discovered a new primate species in Myanmar’s central forest. However, the Popa langur, named after nearby Mount Popa, is tragically already on the verge of extinction ...

Monkey see, monkey do Although animals do sometimes adopt the young of other species that are lost or abandoned, this doesn't seem to be the case here, in part because of the sheer number of babies.

For example, a rhesus monkey named “Miss Sam” was launched in 1960 in a Mercury capsule that attained a velocity of 1,800 mph (1,900 kph) and an altitude of 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) . She was ...

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity ...