A Missouri mother says she shot and killed an escaped lab monkey out of fears it was diseased and would harm her children.

H EIDELBERG, Miss. (WVUE) - A Mississippi woman detailed the moments leading up to her shooting and killing an escaped monkey ...

A vervet monkey who some scientists are claiming was taken from South Florida’s Dania Beach colony is now starring in TikTok videos that show him on the loose in Walmart, eating Pringles and chicken ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a nonprofit animal rights group, have asked the National Institutes of Health and local police to investigate the death of a lab monkey at Princeton ...

When the Zoo’s newest Allen’s swamp monkey was rejected by his mother after birth, a team of staffers stepped up to care for the infant while he was young. Mike Bock Edgar shown about a week after his ...

Observations of Coiba’s tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior? Vanessa Crooks Caught in the act! Capuchin monkeys ...

Can an animal species that appears to be abundant also be endangered? That’s one of the riddles in the heated debate over whether the long-tailed macaque—the lab monkey most commonly used in drug ...

A young male nicknamed Joker was probably the first to start carrying a howler monkey baby on his back for days on end. Then a group of other young males started to copy him. Here a white-faced ...

Reports say that the mother snub-nosed monkey still insists on carrying her child wherever she goes, as it seems she can't bring herself "to accept the truth.” (Photo credits: CCTV.com) There’s ...

Scientists have cultivated monkey embryos in the laboratory long enough to watch the beginning of organ formation and the development of the nervous system — milestones that are difficult to observe ...

Plango, a langur monkey with bright orange fur, was rescued by Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since ...