Somehow, most of the rhesus macaques living on an island off the coast of Puerto Rico survived Hurricane Maria's devastation. However, their behaviors have dramatically changed since the way they ...

A video took over social media feeds this week, showing monkeys "raining down" on kayakers in Florida. Are they native to the ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 5, 2023. The original video can be viewed here. With extreme weather events on the rise across the globe, we were interested in a study ...

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity, ...

One of America's most recognized and experienced broadcast journalists, Lesley Stahl has been a "60 Minutes" correspondent since 1991. Scientists are studying how monkeys living on a remote island off ...

All the recovered primates are in good health, police said. Nearly all of the rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab have been recovered. As of Monday evening, 39 of the 43 ...

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Male monkeys frequently engage in same-sex mounting, and in some cases, more frequently than they have sex with females. Same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) in rhesus macaques appears to be extremely ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto RicoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Police in Puerto Rico captured a rhesus macaque monkey on Friday that was being chased by a crowd of people at a public housing complex near the U.S.

Residents in a South Carolina town were advised to close their windows and doors after 43 rhesus macaque monkeys escaped a testing facility Thursday. The warning came after the primates fled the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in ...