The search for more than three dozen runaway monkeys from a Yemassee primate breeding and research facility last week is down to a handful of holdouts. While placing a critical spotlight on the region ...

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Zoo is planning an $11.5 million expansion of its area for primates, adding 35,000 square feet of outdoor space including trails and tunnels for observers to get a close-up ...

A key congressional committee wants federal health officials to justify the continued breeding of primates on Morgan Island, a secluded South Carolina barrier island that is home to more than 3,000 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Some local residents ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...

A group of 43 female monkeys absconded from a Lowcountry breeding facility with a history of security challenges and violations. The monkeys escaped around 1 p.m. Nov. 6 from Alpha Genesis Primate ...

Two more monkeys that escaped last week from a South Carolina research facility were recaptured Tuesday, according to the facility's CEO, bringing the total number of primates caught and returned to ...

A number of recent articles in the AWI Quarterly have addressed issues related to the use of nonhuman primates in research: from an alleged international monkey-laundering scheme, to a research ...

Why be social? And, why not be? What are the costs and benefits of sociality, and what types of sociality characterize nonhuman primates? Given all of these potential costs of group living, why do so ...