For the first time, scientists have recorded wild monkeys in the Amazon contracting human hepatitis B virus (HBV). The ...

Chinese scientists have implanted human brain genes into monkeys, in a study intended to provide insights into the unique evolution of human intelligence. Researchers inserted human versions of MCPH1, ...

Wild monkeys in the Amazon have been found carrying a deadly human disease for the first time - a startling discovery ...

Off the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina, lies a small, marshy island that looks like dozens of others scattered along the ...

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Have you ever wondered what kind of video content would most grab the attention of monkeys? A new study of long-tailed macaques suggests the monkeys seem to like some of the same kind of content that ...

SANDAKAN: The public has been warned of a rise in zoonotic (monkey) malaria cases in Sabah, including one death, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Swaths of northern India are gripped by a heatwave, hitting humans as well as wildife including monkeys. Here, monkeys sit on a roadside in India's capital New Delhi ...