Crows smarter than monkeys at a mental competency test November 7, 2022 Researchers at the University of Tübingen have found via experimentation that crows are capable of understanding the concept of recursion, a test of mental… Continue Reading
Mother monkeys separated from their newborns get comfort from plush toys: new study November 6, 2022 Mother monkeys permanently separated from their newborns sometimes find comfort in plush toys: this recent finding from Harvard experiments has set off intense controversy among scientists… Continue Reading
Wild monkey in Japan tried to drag toddler out of house, attacked 10, now being hunted July 22, 2022 Police in Japan are searching for a wild monkey that has attacked 10 people in the space of a fortnight. The attacks began on 8 July… Continue Reading
Chained monkeys used by Thailand farms to pick coconuts May 3, 2021 Safeway, Target and Costco and Albertsons are joining a boycott of a brand of coconut milk after a PETA investigation found the use of… Continue Reading
Wednesday Zen Moment: Pockets Warhol paints portrait of husky with “weird eyes” February 12, 2020 Animals helping animals is probably the best kind of good Samaritan story. Pockets Warhol is a world famous capuchin monkey who happens to paint… Continue Reading
Researchers want to find out if monkeys can gamble as well as they barter April 17, 2019 Researchers always knew monkeys were clever. And recently, just how clever. When experts at Canada’s University of Lethbridge found macaque monkeys were swiping items… Continue Reading
Calls to protect forest in Ghana after endangered primate species caught on camera January 9, 2018 The white-naped Mangabey was believed to live in only a few pockets on Earth. Listed as an endangered on the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN)… Continue Reading
Chunky wild monkey who gorged on junk food and soda left behind by tourists placed on diet May 20, 2017 A morbidly obese monkey in Thailand who picked up food left behind by tourists has been seized by offiicals after photos of the critter… Continue Reading
Snow monkey tries to hump deer in rare case of interspecies mating January 12, 2017 Interspecies mating is not the norm but it has happened. But rarely has it been spotted in such graphic detail and among such distinct… Continue Reading
Monkey on the lam keeps South Simcoe Police hopping July 4, 2016 A mischievous monkey had police on the run small-town Ontario over the weekend. The unusual manhunt began early Sunday morning in Innisfil, north of… Continue Reading
