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?


Missouri police captures escaped monkey in pink tutu in 'bananas' operation

"After negotiations, deputies managed to control the situation without incident," said the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on Facebook.

 Missouri police captures escaped spider monkey in pink tutu in 'bananas' operation.

'How will you explain this to the insurance?': Monkey jumps off roof, crushes through luxury car's

In the 10-second CCTV footage, the monkey is seen crashing through the sunroof and quickly coming out of the car after landing inside.

 Monkey crushes through sunroof.

Chimpanzees can't reproduce Shakespeare, even if they type forever, a study finds

Scientists concluded that even if all 200,000 chimpanzees typed a letter a second until the end of the universe, they would have no chance of replicating Shakespeare's works.

 Can not reproduce Shakespeare.

Wild animal treats wounds using medical plant, new study finds

A wild male Sumatran orangutan was seen applying chew leaves from Akar Kuning – a climbing plant used in traditional medicine to treat wounds.

 Rakus with his wound, two days before he was observed applying a poultice of medicinal leaves.

People with tails? No, because of this ancient genetic mutation

It is an interesting thought experiment to ponder whether humans could have evolved with tails. The Na'vi people of "Avatar," alas, are science fiction.

 A southern right whale performs a tail slap just off the shore of Puerto Piramides, Argentina, June 26, 2007.

Ancient Egyptian baboons had a surprising diet - study

There are five species of baboons, all of them live in Africa or Arabia.

 Overview of some skulls available for study.

Monkeys spotted roaming the Gaza Strip in entertaining documentary

A recently circulated document on social networks captures monkeys who escaped from a local zoo walking between buildings in the Gaza Strip, providing an unusual and amusing sight.

Monkeys

Monkeys raise a stink in response to human noise pollution - study

The pied tamarin has an extremely narrow geographic range in central Brazil, much of which now lies within the city of Manaus.

 Pied tamarin - photograph by Jacob Dunn, Anglia Ruskin University.

Watch: Leopard attacked by 50 skittish baboons

Video captured by a nature enthusiast showcases a leopard's pursuit of a "light meal" turning into a desperate struggle.


Why males have lower-pitched voices - study

A new study finds that large group size and mating systems in which males have multiple mates drove the evolution of lower-pitched voices in primates.