World Malaria Day is observed every year on April 25, with the World Health Organization (WHO) selecting a different theme each year to highlight key aspects of malaria prevention and control.

Sri Lanka is home to three species of monkeys: the endemic toque macaque (Macaca sinica), gray langur (Semnopithecus priam) and purple-faced langur. A recent nationwide survey found that monkeys, ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. — After pleading guilty to paying for videos of monkeys being tortured, a Rockville man was sentenced to a year and a half in prison on Thursday. Drexel Venero, 30, was the latest ...

Some monkeys, like capuchins are known to use stones to crack open nuts, and others can even use sticks to fetch food. Certain species, like baboons and macaques, make laughing like sounds when ...

As for those switched-at-birth primates: Typically, rhesus monkeys like to make a noise known as a gruff when playing, while Japanese macaques usually make a cooing sound. Both species can use the ...

YAMANOUCHI, Nagano Prefecture—Visitors to the popular monkey park here have been delighted by the sight of wild Japanese macaques soaking in hot springs to escape the winter chill. Approximately ...

PETA, which opposes the use of animals for research, said the monkeys could have been given to caretakers or sanctuaries. “Experiments on animals fail to produce cures and treatments for humans ...

Tourists also get the opportunity to spot wild Barbary macaques, which are the only wild monkeys in Europe. However, if you are seeking out the primates, you should be very careful in doing so.

A baby Rhesus macaque monkey NOT used in a recent study for a new drug developed by Houston scientists that caused obese monkeys to lose 10 percent of their body weight in a month, sits in its cage at ...

Long-tailed monkey gazing in the mirror of moped. Grey macaques. Image via Depositphotos Long-tailed macaques in Thailand have developed an unusual form of tool use related to dental hygiene. These ...

Her $60 million contract with the NIH included studying the effects of the vaccines for the deadly disease on macaques, a type of primate. Fortune told the Boston Globe the macaques may have to be ...

Some populations of monkeys wash sand from foods when standing water is readily accessible, but this propensity varies within groups for reasons unknown. Spontaneous food-washing emerged recently in a ...