The disease gets its name from its discovery in monkeys in 1958, but humans are usually thought to get monkeypox from African rodents.

Everyone loves a good bit of monkey business every now and then. It could be just playing around and being plain old silly. Or it could be an actual monkey doing something rather suspicious. Just take ...

Have you ever wondered what kind of video content would most grab the attention of monkeys? A new study of long-tailed macaques suggests the monkeys seem to like some of the same kind of content that ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Have you ever wondered what kind of video content would most grab the attention of monkeys? A new study of long-tailed macaques suggests the monkeys seem to like some of the same kind ...

Humans have practiced some form of yodeling since at least the 13th century, when Marco Polo encountered Tibetan monks on his travels who used the vocal technique for long-distance communication. It’s ...

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity, ...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink is now testing Blindsight brain implants on monkeys. The implant is to restore vision but also give superhuman abilities using infrared vision. So, will this turn humans into ...

Elon Musk-owned Neuralink is reportedly testing brain implants in monkeys that can eventually give humans "superpowers," including capabilities beyond normal vision. While the device’s initial goal ...

Rogier Mars receives funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) UK and the Medical Research Council (MRC) UK. Katherine Bryant does not work for, consult, own ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a ...

If you see a monkey on the loose in Florida, don't approach it. Don't touch it, don't feed it, don't try to befriend it. There are a lot of "don'ts" if you see a wild monkey here, but there's at least ...