Monkeys

It is hoped the technique could one day help people with problems like addiction.

"It is like finding a new fossil of a long-lost ancestor," researcher Chris Petkov said.

A city in Thailand was recently overrun by hundreds of monkeys in search of food following a decrease in tourists flocking to the city amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

Residents take turns wearing a pair of bear costumes to frighten the primates.

Some chickens like to travel far. Others like to stick near the chicken coup. New research links a chicken's personality and ranging behavior to impulse control.

Krefeld Zoo in Germany said chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, fruit bats and birds were among the estimated 30 animals killed.

The Soviet Union launched a dog known as Laika into orbit on November 3, 1957.

"The birth of this male is great news for the species," senior zoo keeper Jane Marshall said.

The town of Kaida has formed an all-volunteer "monkey militia" to stop macaques from raiding vegetable fields.

Scientists were surprised to find the genitalia of female dolphins are packed full of nerves.

Scientists say this will reduce the number of monkeys required for biomedical research.

"It was hurtful," Jeovanna deShong-Connor, a 17-year-old black senior student, said. "[It] made it so clear that our peers were not welcoming and that the administration did not care."

The monkeys have also exhibited aggressive behavior towards visitors at the Silver Springs State Park where they live.

The Caribbean once contained a remarkable evolutionary branch of now-extinct mammals, including several highly unusual primates.

The results could have implications for the development of treatments for destructive and risky behaviors in humans.

Jankowski defended the George Zimmerman verdict and criticized protesters in Ferguson, Missouri.

Parrots can talk and even whales can mimic speech. So why can't our closest primate relatives speak?

An experimental HIV vaccine triggered an immune response in a clinical trial.

The testing on monkeys is being done in China because it would be too costly and controversial in the United States.

These monkeys aren't picky.

Male proboscis monkeys with the biggest noses have the most number of females in their harems, according to a new study.

Some animal activists are concerned about the ethics of cloning monkeys, but this scientist says researchers follow strict ethical rules.

Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were cloned using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep two decades ago.

Herpes B infections are rare in humans but can be deadly.

The video is touching but also a disturbing reminder of the practice of capturing and breeding monkeys in Southeast Asia.

The cemetery, dating from the first and second centuries A.D., was discovered among the ruins of the Roman port town of Berenike.

The 4-year-old Tonkean macaque exhibited prolonged attachment to the infant's desiccated corpse before starting to chew its remains.

More than 100 officers from the army and the police were deployed on Thursday as part of a week-long operation against mischievous macaques.

Nobody was hurt in the confrontation, but it was bananas.

Why have some species evolved to give a monkey's about fairness?