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?


Crowdsourcing NGO purchases 700 acres in Brazil, Kenya for conservation

This year, for the first time, TiME will acquire two plots of land in a single year: 500 acres in Brazil's Atlantic forest and 200 acres in the Dakatcha woodland in Kenya.

Northern brown howler monkey

J&J starts human study of COVID-19 vaccine after promising monkey data

"This gives us confidence that we can test a single-shot vaccine in this epidemic and learn whether it has a protective effect in humans," Dr. Paul Stoffels, J&J's chief scientific officer

Bottles labeled "Vaccine" stand near medical syringe in front of "Coronavirus COVID-19" display (illustrative)

Police arrest three young men suspected of stealing expensive monkey

Police opened an investigation earlier this week after receiving a disappearance report for a expensive monkey, apparently worth thousands of shekels, from a zoo in Kiryat Motzkin.

The monkey that was stolen from the Kiryat Motzkin zoo

Monkeys develop short-term immunity to coronavirus, Chinese study finds

The experiment took place at the Peking Union Medical College in Beijing and used rhesus macaques as test subjects, as they are relatively similar to humans.

MONKEY BUSINESS in the Amazon rainforest.

Monkeys steal coronavirus blood samples in India

"No evidence has been found that monkeys can contract the infection,” Dr. S. K. Garg told Reuters.

Monkeys rest on a boundary wall of the historic Taj Mahal, where U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are scheduled to visit, in Agra, India, February 24, 2020

Oxford coronavirus vaccine found protective in small monkey study

British drugmaker AstraZeneca last month announced it had teamed up with researchers at the Oxford Vaccine Group and the Jenner Institute, which are developing the vaccine.

Vial 1 of Box 1. This is the vaccine candidate to be used in Phase 1 clinical trial at the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility (CBF) in Oxford, Britain, April 2, 2020. Picture taken April 2, 2020

Successful trial in monkeys vaccinated for coronavirus - Chinese report

The vaccinated monkeys did not develop any coronavirus symptoms, while the unvaccinated monkeys did develop symptoms, with some dying.

Macaque at Sacred Monkey Forest, Bali, Indonesia

'Covid,' 'Quarantine' suggested names for newborn animals in Colombian zoo

The potential names are also being considered for a white-tailed deer born just over a fortnight ago.

Cotton-top Tamarin at Zoo Lagos, Portugal.

Coronavirus sparks 'monkey gang war' in the streets of Thailand

The two gangs usually never interact, but circumstances have brought them into contact and conflict.

A trained monkey salutes as it performs on a sidewalk in Isl

Indian village raided by troop of 400 monkeys, residents flee in terror

This is not the first noted instance of a potential interspecies war between humans and animals, with the most famous instance being the Emu War fought between Australians and emu birds.

A trained monkey salutes as it performs on a sidewalk in Isl