It’s now clear what kinds of monkeys escaped from a facility in Yemassee on Wednesday. According to police, 43 Rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from the Alphas Genesis facility on Castle Hall Road ...

From a quick swipe of a banana to elaborate “ransoms” of smartphones, monkey shenanigans have earned these adorable animals a ...

They may not yet be kings of the swingers, but macaque monkeys can keep time to music and move to the beat. Well, at least two adult macaques can, who were trained by researchers to tap along to ...

Conservationists and scientists from almost 20 institutions in the United States, Europe, and Africa, have concluded that immediate conservation efforts to protect red colobus monkey species could ...

Nine monkeys – including three from a critically endangered species – who died in Hong Kong's oldest zoo this week had been infected with an endemic disease, officials said on Friday. The animals in ...

The Popa langur has been "hiding in plain sight," scientists said. Scientists have discovered a new species of monkeys in central Myanmar with the help of a 100-year-old tissue sample. The primate, ...

Some monkeys have astounding vocal abilities; others, not so much. And now, a team of scientists thinks it knows why. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports that their explanation offers some clues about the ...