One of Africa's rarest monkeys likely interbred with baboons in its past, new genetic research suggests. The large monkey called Rungwecebus kipunji, or kipunji for short, was only discovered in 2003, ...

MINERAL WELLS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - A baboon (yes, a baboon) was spotted wandering around a home in Mineral Wells Friday morning, and it was captured on video by a local resident. Bradee Hay told CBS ...

At Peaceable Primate Sanctuary, Scott Kubisch cares for monkeys — among them Dyson, a baboon — who had been used in research labs or kept in abusive conditions. I almost drove right past it the first ...

Learning to read is not just to do with speech, but also with the ability to recognize and memorize regular patterns among the letters that make up words, according to a new study on baboons. New ...

“No monkey business: ‘E.T.’ born in tube,” proclaimed the July 28, 1983 San Antonio Express-News headline, announcing the birth of the city’s newest resident. At 2-pounds, 1 ounce, little “E.T.” was ...

Opposing thumbs, expressive faces, complex social systems: it's hard to miss the similarities between apes and humans. Now a new study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that a less ...

When people think of monkeys, they often picture playful, mischievous creatures swinging through the trees or stealing snacks from tourists. While the majority of monkey species are relatively ...