
Monkeys: Facts about the largest group of primates - Live Science
Feb 14, 2022 · Monkeys are a large group of primates spread around the world with many unique families, species and types, from mini marmosets to massive mandrills.
Monkey - News and Scientific Articles on Live Science | Live Science
Oct 29, 2025 · Learn about different species of monkeys; see pictures of monkeys in the wild; and watch intelligent monkeys demonstrate their skills and abilities.
What's the difference between apes and monkeys? - Live Science
May 10, 2025 · "While monkeys are capable of complex thinking, they generally have a lower cognitive capacity than apes." Related: What did the last common ancestor between humans …
Lab monkeys on the loose in Mississippi don't have herpes, …
Oct 29, 2025 · Lab monkeys initially thought to be carrying a range of diseases have escaped from a truck in Mississippi following a crash — prompting law enforcement officers to kill a …
Capuchins have started abducting newborn howler monkeys in …
May 19, 2025 · Young male capuchins have developed a strange trend of acquiring baby howler monkeys. It doesn't end well for the babies.
Could monkeys really type the complete works of Shakespeare?
Dec 15, 2024 · The infinite monkey theorem says that, given enough time, monkeys could randomly replicate the works of Shakespeare. But is it really true? (Image credit: tombie via …
Monkey DNA Points to Common Human Ancestor - Live Science
Apr 12, 2007 · The rhesus monkey has now had its genome sequenced, promising to improve research into health and yield insights into human evolution.
Fossils of Earliest Old World Monkeys Unearthed
Mar 18, 2013 · Fossils of the oldest monkeys have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing the old-world monkeys coexisted with more archaic primates some 12.5 million years ago.
Florida airport monkeys are the descendants of zoo escapees
May 21, 2021 · A colony of wild African green monkeys living near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport finally gets an origin story.
Primates have been masturbating for at least 40 million years
Jun 7, 2023 · Related: Monkeys in Indonesia use rocks as 'sex toys' Their findings showed primates have likely been masturbating for tens of millions of years.