Most of the 43 monkeys that escaped Thursday from Alpha Genesis are hanging out in the trees in the forest just beyond the facility’s fence line, the company’s owner said Friday morning. The escaped ...

HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. says he wants to end monkey testing, a wish that could have dramatic consequences for SC ...

The real question is not the legality of having a pet monkey, but the ethics of keeping these creatures in captivity. From ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Primates have larger brains than most other mammals of their size. This gives them advanced ...

Primates are the most fascinating and diverse mammals on Earth, ranging from familiar monkeys to bizarre, unusual and ...

YEMASEE, S.C. -- More than half of the rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab have been recovered, ABC News reported. As of Sunday evening, 25 of the 43 furry runaways, that ...

Dozens of monkeys are on the loose in South Carolina after escaping a research center. Update at 5:50 p.m. from Yemassee Police Department:"Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard told CBS earlier today ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Primate tourism, an economic benefit and conservation tool in many habitat countries, has exploded in popularity over the past two decades in places like China, Borneo, Uganda, Rwanda ...

The Chinese CDC said a Beijing-based researcher, 53, became ill after dissecting two monkeys while studying non-human primate breeding.

Pinky, a black handed spider monkey, walks on a branch in the International Primate Sanctuary of Panama on the Tiger Islands in Gatun Lake of the Panama Canal, Feb. 6, 2000. (AP Photo/Tomas van ...

What would happen if human brain cells were injected into primates. such as monkeys or apes? Scientists are now researching that question, as well as the ethics of the possibility of cognitive ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...