Primates are the most fascinating and diverse mammals on Earth, ranging from familiar monkeys to bizarre, unusual and unexpected species. Some of the primates have evolved unusual physical features ...

Experience the fascinating and unique world of the Proboscis monkey with this captivating close-up video. Get an intimate look at its most striking feature: the large, pendulous nose that gives it its ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has instructed staffers to end all monkey research, according to a report in Science. The decision will affect studies involving some 200 macaques; ...

A severed mosquito proboscis can be turned into an extremely fine nozzle for 3D printing, and this could help create replacement tissues and organs for transplants. Changhong Cao at McGill University ...

A 10-year study of proboscis monkeys in Borneo has revealed that forest conversion to oil palm plantations is having a significant impact on the species. (Phys.org) —Researchers from the United States ...

The 2025 Nature’s Best Photography Awards captured animals in their most comical moments. But beneath the humor lies evolution at work. Each year, the Nature’s Best Photography Awards gives us a ...

A Mississippi mother said she shot and killed one of the monkeys that escaped after a truck overturned last week, fearing it posed a threat to her children and others in the neighborhood. Jessica Bond ...

One of three monkeys that escaped after a truck hauling 21 of the animals from Tulane University in New Orleans flipped on a Mississippi interstate has been found, according to authorities. The animal ...

Mississippi authorities have captured an escaped monkey that had been on the lam since Tuesday after the truck carrying it flipped over a highway median, the Jasper County Sheriff's Department said. A ...

Eight rhesus monkeys escaped Tuesday when the truck transporting them and 15 fellows from Louisiana to Florida flipped in Mississippi, spilling them onto Interstate 59, authorities said. The Jasper ...

A number of monkeys were "destroyed" after they got loose Tuesday morning and Mississippi law enforcement officers were mistakenly told they were dangerous. The rhesus monkeys were being transported ...

Tulane University has released a few additional details in an updated statement. WDAM 7 originally asked the university if they were transporting the monkeys, and if not, then who their owner was. Our ...