Former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins used a private email to discuss an NIH lab’s history of traumatizing baby monkeys as he sought to contain a brewing scandal and kept ...

It's no secret that humans and primates share many common traits (and the vast majority of our DNA), but some monkey behaviors still leave scientists baffled. One of these behaviors was seen as ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) – A baby monkey at the Blank Park Zoo in Iowa experienced her first snowfall, which was caught on camera. Des Moines, where the zoo is located, got about an inch of snow Monday.

Capuchin monkeys are mainly known for their intelligence and resourcefulness. However, scientists have come across a strange, new behavior among the primates: child abduction. Per Smithsonian, Zoë ...

Two of six spider monkeys illegally brought into California are shown above with their troopmates where they are now living at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. (U.S. Attorney's Office) A Texas man was busted ...

SAN DIEGO -- A Texas man was sentenced in federal court Friday for smuggling six Mexican baby spider monkeys into the U.S. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...