Some of the closest relatives to humans, primates have existed on earth for almost 85 million years. Broadly divided into Old World species and New World species, there are 334 different species ...

The old "monkey see, monkey do" adage may rest on some neuroscientific evidence, finds a new Yale study. To examine how the primate brain facilitates cooperative behavior among individuals during ...

Male capuchin monkeys on a Panamanian island were documented carrying around infant howler monkeys for no clearly discernible reason. By Elizabeth Landau Capuchin monkeys don’t generally hang out with ...

The way these monkeys react to seeing a prosthetic leg for the first time is equal parts fascinating and deeply moving.

LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, launched an offensive against the simian raiders on Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical ...

As cryptic as the track sounds, it’s not centered around electroconvulsive (shock therapy) treatment. And though it has a peculiar music video, featuring Gabriel as a shaman in white face paint and a ...