The first primate clones made by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) technology are two genetically-identical long-tailed macaques born recently at the Institute of Neuroscience...
MIAMI: Cooperation is often hailed as a key trait that separates humans from animals, but researchers said Monday that our closest relative, the chimpanzee, can learn to work as a team.
SIEM REAP, Cambodia: A tourist guide had a helpless moment in Combodia when a monkey standing along a roadside as ‘hitchhiker’ stole water bottles from his vehicle and moved away.
MICHIGAN CITY: A crazy footage has emerged of a monkey at Indiana Zoo beating newspaper with some claiming ‘he was distressed for not finding any interesting piece in the paper.’
NAIROBI: A nationwide blackout that hit Kenya on Tuesday was caused by a monkey tripping a transformer at a hydropower plant, leading to the loss of more than 180 megawatts from the grid, power producer Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) said.
NEW YORK: A rare crested macaque that took a now internationally famous "selfie" cannot own the copyright to the photograph because he is not human, a U.S. judge ruled in a suit brought by animal rights group PETA on behalf of the monkey.
NEW DELHI: A monkey that sneezes when it rains and a "walking" fish are among more than 200 species discovered in the fragile eastern Himalayas in recent years, according to conservation group WWF.
CAMBODIA: A U.S. museum returned a 10th century statue of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman to Cambodia on Tuesday, saying research suggested it had probably been taken from the gate of an ancient temple complex.
LUCKNOW: A wealthy Indian couple has made a pet monkey their sole heir, saying their lives became more prosperous after they adopted the animal and they want to ensure he is looked after.
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has revealed to have trained 40 persons – particularly the youth – to disguise as ‘langurs’ in order to scare away real monkeys who often overrun parliament and other areas falling into the VVIP zone.