Activists call for ban on dancing monkeys

Animal rights campaigns in Indonesia have called on the government to ban the use of performing monkeys on the streets of the country's capital. It is believed at least 450 long-tailed macaques are being used for the practice of 'topeng monyet', where the...

Monkey ‘adopts’ pair of kittens

A monkey in the US has taken a pair of two-week-old kittens under her wing as their adoptive mother. Macaque Jaeda, who belongs to Illinois pet shop owner Connie Tibbs, bonded with her new furry friends shortly after they arrived at the location, with their owner...

Monkeys ‘understand how to use money’

Scientists in the US have been able to teach a group of primates how to use money and say the creatures' actions mirror how humans consider basic economics. The team from Yale University, led by psychology professor Laurie Santos, gave a group of capuchin monkeys...

New species of monkey found in the Amazon

Scientists on a research expedition to the Amazon rainforest have discovered a species of monkey that has never been seen before. The trip, which was backed by conservation group the WWF, took place in the largely unexplored Mato Grosse region of Brazil and the new...