Monkey

Monkey business: Authorities hunt for missing monkey after truck carrying primates overturns

Law enforcement shared that the truck’s driver warned them the monkeys “were dangerous” and “posed a threat to humans.”

Rhesus macaque monkeys hang from their cage at the Tulane National Primate Research Center, where the focus of study has shifted to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Covington, Louisiana, U.S., May 14, 2021.
A monkey captured by Israel's Nature and Parks Authority on July 29, 2025

Monkey business in Ramle ends in cement factory capture as crackdown continues

Orangutan

Watch the scandalous moment: Boxer gave an orangutan an electronic cigarette

A baby vervet monkey in Zanzibar, November 2005

What are two Lebanese monkeys doing in a house in the Israel's North?


Sri Lanka rescinds monkey sale to China amid fears they will be eaten

“I am very happy to hear this,” Sanjeeva Jayawardena, the President's Counsel, is cited as having said. “These monkeys will end up in Chinese restaurants.”

A group of monkeys rest on a wall at a Buddhist temple in Colombo, October 16, 2009.

As monkey and pig populations rise, so does the threat of disease

Pig and monkey populations are on the rise in Southeast Asia, largely due to human activity. Unfortunately, the drastic rise in these species' populations could threaten humans with disease.

Macaque at Sacred Monkey Forest, Bali, Indonesia

Investigation uncovers global network of sadistic monkey torture

The investigation included BBC journalists going undercover in one of the torture groups on Telegram. At least 20 people are now under investigation, including three women who have been arrested

Macaque at Sacred Monkey Forest, Bali, Indonesia

Do baby chimps acquire language like human children do? - study

Researchers observed a group of 28 semi-wild chimps, aged between 1-11 years old in northern Zambia.

A baby chimpanzee nicknamed 'Saidia', which means 'Help' in Kiswahili, arrives at Nairobi's Wilson Airport after being rescued from southern Sudan by wildlife workers late October 15, 2003. Despite laws against the killing of wild animals and trade in endangered species, the ongoing conflict in Suda

Primitive language among chimps discovered by scientists using fake snakes - study

The snake model used for the study was manufactured from the skin of a dead python.

 Wild chimpanzee Fiona shows a leaf to her mother.

Monkeys have ability to think complexly and deliberate decisions - study

New research challenges the long-held idea that only humans possess the ability to think deeply about a problem and consider factors including costs, consequences, and constraints.

Mother Liz is seen caring for her newborn baby Javan langur monkey at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo.

Spinning reportedly able to influence monkeys' state of consciousness - study

You may have watched more than once monkeys frolicking and spinning on trees, and it turns out that there is an interesting explanation for this.

Northern brown howler monkey

Raising teenagers is like living with chimps, and it's scientifically proven

In a current study, researchers found that adolescent chimpanzees are very similar to human teenagers, and even manage to be nicer than them.

An adult male chimpanzee rests in the dry and open woodland vegetation which dominates the Issa Valley savanna - mosaic habitat.

Young chimpanzees less impulsive than human counterparts, study finds

Young chimpanzees and human teens share risk-taking behaviors, American psychologists and anthropologists find.

 A chimpanzee. One of the closest animals to humans on the evolutionary ladder (illustrative).

Monkeys made stone tools 50,000 years ago that were discovered in Brazil - study

The researchers also state that they're "confident that the early archeological sites from Brazil may not be human-derived but may belong to capuchin monkeys."

Northern brown howler monkey