She emphasized that monkey owners spend thousands of dollars caring for their pets and called them extremely dedicated. "You would think that they're more important than their own children," she ...

Chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys, but they are one of the most well-known examples of intelligent old-world primates. They ...

Scientists Sakumi Iki and Ikuma Adachi recently spent a lot of time watching monkeys scratch themselves. Self-scratching among non-human primates is known to indicate social tension and anxiety.