Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to the arrival of a new baby squirrel monkey! And the best part? You can see this precious new arrival in person starting Friday, July 11, at ...

A fascinating scene was recorded in central India, capturing a monkey family visiting an animal rescuer who had been rehabilitating a baby monkey that was injured nearly a year ago. This footage from ...

Our planet is home to thousands upon thousands of species, large and small, cute and ugly, and human activity has driven many of them to the brink of extinction in just the past few decades. Today, we ...

The baby was born overnight in the trees and was spotted being cuddled the next morning by their mum. Three more babies have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Punch the Monkey brought the Internet to tears. The baby macaque at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan was abandoned by his mother and ...

A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys’ backs, but the ...

To the editor: The recent case of a young spider monkey rescued during a drug bust in Vallejo highlights the urgent need to ban the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in this country (“Baby spider ...

Inside the secret lives of wild monkeys From spider monkeys mapping fruit trees to orangutans mastering nest-building, wild primates reveal remarkable ways they learn and share knowledge. These ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...