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Monkeying Around? All 4 Types of Apes Have a Sense of Humor– Researchers Categorize Their Clowning in Video

Apes have a sense of humor similar to humans, suggests a new study that showed four species of great apes each playfully teasing each...

This Monkey Was Already Endangered When Discovered in 2003–but is Now on the Up and Up

Discovering a whole new species is an exciting moment for scientists; when they determined it was Critically-Endangered it probably induced the opposite reaction. The kipunji...

Birth of a Rare Sulawesi Monkey–One of World’s Most Endangered Primates is Celebrated

Conservationists are celebrating the birth of one of the world’s most endangered primates at a UK zoo. The rare Sulawesi crested macaque was born on...

Why Our Brains See Faces Everywhere – And Monkeys Do Too

It's so commonplace we barely give it a second thought, but human brains seem hardwired to see human faces where there are none—in objects...

The Only Monkeys That Soak in Hot Springs to Lower Their Stress: Japan’s Bathing Monkey Mystery

Humans love spas, sauna bathing, hot baths; after a cold day what could be better? Japan has a famous troupe of wild monkeys that...

Monkeys Unite and Form Unlikely Alliances After Hurricane Maria Ravaged their Island

An interesting new study seems to indicate that monkeys increase the size of their social circles during times of strife or resource scarcity. Researchers observed...

Man Survives 9 Days in Bolivian Amazon Thanks to Watchful Monkeys

This 25-year-old man may not have survived nine days in the Bolivian jungle if it wasn't for a group of monkeys that were watching...

Snow White Monkey Born Without Thumbs is Welcomed as Zoo’s First Baby of 2017

This tiny baby monkey born with stubs instead of thumbs is the latest addition to the Cincinnati Zoo family.

Year of the Monkey Promises Improved Finances, If You Watch Out for Monkey Business

You don’t have to believe in astrology to predict that “The Year of the Monkey” will begin with travel for 2 billion people traveling...

Plush Monkey Keeps Students With Cancer in the Hearts of Classmates

When children go to the hospital for cancer treatments, these monkeys save their seats back at school. “Monkey in My Chair” is the national program...

Newly Found in Himalayas: Walking Fish and Sneezing Monkeys

A “walking” snakehead fish that can travel on land and breathe air for up to four days is one of the more unusual new...

Drug Cures Ebola in Monkeys, Human Tests are Planned Next

An experimental Ebola drug shows promise for fighting the disease after it cured monkeys that were already sick with fever from the virus. The...

Monkey Presumed Extinct is Photographed in Congo Forest

A rare monkey not seen for nearly half a century and thought to be extinct has been spotted by two primatologists working in a...

Monkeys Give WAY Too Many Hugs to Animal Rescuers in Peru

While in Peru on a volunteer mission to improve an animal rescue reserve deep in the jungle, Trevor King found some unlikely friends in...

Heroic Monkey Saves Dying ‘Friend’ at Kanpur Train Station

A monkey saved the life of another monkey who fell unconscious after being electrocuted by high tension wires at a train station in India. The...

After 10 Years in Tiny Cage, Fed Junk Food, Monkey Tastes Freedom

Because of lax exotic animal–protection laws, Maggie the macaque became a pet monkey for a family who wasn’t equipped to care for her. So for...
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Purring Monkey Discovered in the Amazon

A purring monkey and a vegetarian piranha are among the new species of animals discovered during scientific expeditions in the Amazon rainforest. Discovered by researchers...
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Saving Endangered Golden Monkeys Helps Forest

That the cries of Brazil's endangered golden lion tamarins should fill the air at all on a recent afternoon was cause for celebration, the...
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Lost Gray Monkey Thought to be Extinct ‘Rediscovered’ in Indonesia

Scientists working in the dense jungles of Indonesia have "rediscovered" a large, gray monkey so rare it was believed by many to be extinct. They...
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Camera-Stealing Monkey Makes Beautiful Self-Portraits

Even a monkey can take a prize-winning photo to rival that of the professional. British photographer David Slater had been living among a group...