Have you ever wondered what kind of video content would most grab the attention of monkeys? Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. A new study of long-tailed macaques ...

Long-tailed macaques given short videos were glued to scenes of fighting—especially when the combatants were monkeys they knew—mirroring the human draw to drama and familiar faces. Low-ranking ...

A tourist in Bali learned the hard way that monkeys are master thieves after one grabbed and shredded her passport.

As Election Day looms with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump locked in a dead heat, pollsters and pundits are scrambling for clues to predict the outcome. But what if the answer lies not in political ...

Chinese scientists have implanted human brain genes into monkeys, in a study intended to provide insights into the unique evolution of human intelligence. The researchers said the rhesus monkey, ...

It’s not easy to make friends with a capuchin monkey. They’re willful, mischievous and, if they take it into their heads, can break any breakable you’ve got in the house—no small feat for an animal ...

Michael Platt receives funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. As Election Day looms with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump locked in a dead heat, pollsters and pundits are scrambling for ...

Psychologists have spent decades demonstrating the amazing abilities of animals. We now know, from lab experiments, that chimps can use blue triangles to represent red apples, and that dolphins can ...

On its face, a comparison of monkeys and apes seems straightforward: Modern primates have defining physical features and behaviors that clearly sort them in different categories. Beginning with living ...

VRINDAVAN, India – Krishna, a skinny 12-year-old, waits near a Hindu temple packed with pilgrims. He hears a yell – that's his cue. He zigzags between motorbikes and honking tuk-tuks, elbows his way ...

Monkeys exhibited an immediate response to images of snakes and salamanders with snake skin, but not to images of salamanders without scale. Dr. Nobuyuki Kawai from Nagoya University in Japan has ...