Roman military officers stationed in Egypt kept pet monkeys imported from India as a symbol of wealth, according to a new ...

People love monkeys for their personalities and playful behavior, but that does not make them easy pets. Many species require ...

Watching videos of pet monkeys online can be entertaining, and it is easy to see why some people imagine that owning one might be fun. But is keeping a monkey as a pet really a good idea? This ...

Archaeologists working at the animal cemetery at Berenike have documented remains from three dozen primates, marking a significant shift in Roman pet-keeping practices. Previously, the handful of ...

A South Texas zoo that lies at the nexus of animal trafficking and animal rescue thanks to a booming exotic pet trade will ...

OSTEEN, Fla. — In a trend on social media, people are showing off the pet monkeys they own, often to generate revenue for their animals. Owners are often forced to give up their monkeys because they ...

Thirteen years after an attempted escape from an IKEA parking lot, Darwin the monkey has been living out his life at ...

Berenike was an isolated, windswept outpost. It linked the Roman Empire to the trade routes of India, Arabia, and East Africa ...

A council will discuss the introduction of new license fees for people who keep primates as pets. On Tuesday morning, West ...

Monkey Day is celebrated internationally on 14/12/2025 to raise awareness about non-human primates and to save all their species. This day was founded by Americans Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin in AD ...

People have taken their pets into all kinds of strange legal territory. Courts have seen everything from copyright claims ...