New research indicates that a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), cloned using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), has successfully survived for over two years. The cloning of rhesus monkeys may ...

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. territory’s north coast. The monkey was found ...

A second monkey that escaped from a transport truck last week was fatally shot along a Mississippi highway early Tuesday morning as authorities warned that one more primate is still at large. A truck ...

NI 62, a monkey bound for a medical lab when he escaped a truck crash in Mississippi, is now known as Forrest and living at Popcorn Park in Lacey.

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, ...

With extreme weather events on the rise across the globe, like the rare Category 5 hurricane that hit Mexico 11 days ago, we were interested in a study on a remote island very few people are allowed ...

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, ...

The world of sports is full of people who choke under pressure in very visible and humiliating ways. But as it turns out, humans aren't the only species capable of underperforming when the stakes are ...

We finally know what happened to the final captured rhesus monkey that had escaped after a truck crash in Mississippi. The primate had been among the 21 rhesus monkeys being transported through ...

Authorities in Mississippi said a second monkey was shot and killed a week after they escaped from an overturned truck. Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson said an individual shot the monkey after ...

A new study at the California National Primate Research Center shows that rhesus macaques can perceive their own heartbeat. This ability to be aware of internal states is called interoception.