One of Africa's rarest monkeys likely interbred with baboons in its past, new genetic research suggests. The large monkey called Rungwecebus kipunji, or kipunji for short, was only discovered in 2003, ...

MINERAL WELLS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - A baboon (yes, a baboon) was spotted wandering around a home in Mineral Wells Friday morning, and it was captured on video by a local resident. Bradee Hay told CBS ...

At Peaceable Primate Sanctuary, Scott Kubisch cares for monkeys — among them Dyson, a baboon — who had been used in research labs or kept in abusive conditions. I almost drove right past it the first ...

“No monkey business: ‘E.T.’ born in tube,” proclaimed the July 28, 1983 San Antonio Express-News headline, announcing the birth of the city’s newest resident. At 2-pounds, 1 ounce, little “E.T.” was ...

Opposing thumbs, expressive faces, complex social systems: it's hard to miss the similarities between apes and humans. Now a new study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that a less ...

Monkeys and power lines remain a terrible combination. The most recent evidence comes from the East African nation of Zambia, where a baboon knocked out power in a popular tourist town of Livingstone ...