Scientists have recently discovered a new primate species in Myanmar’s central forest. However, the Popa langur, named after ...

The newly discovered Popa langur monkey species in Myanmar's central forest is critically endangered, with only 200-260 ...

Macaque monkeys, for example, have at least 32 functionally distinct areas of the cerebral cortex that are devoted primarily to processing visual information (Van Essen et al., 1992; Van Essen ...

Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.) have always been a common sight in zoos, but this seems to have changed in the past few years. Breeding is often poor, and zoos have discovered that this genus is not ...

A Starbucks employee was attacked by a customer’s pet monkey, Alabama police say. The incident happened on Friday, Jan. 10, the Mobile Police Department said in a Jan. 19 email. The animal and its ...

Aotus monkeys, a genus of nocturnal monkeys, are native to Central and South America, according to the University of Wisconsin’s National Primate Research Center.