Despite being dubbed the "Australia of America" with its various dangerous critters, monkeys aren't on Florida's list of native animals. However, there are two species you could come across in the ...

This sort of exchange of services where both species benefit is what scientists call mutualism. Everything about the monkeys and deer acquiring food from each other fits the definition ...

Woolly monkeys were once considered four species: the gray, Columbian, silvery, and Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkeys. More recent genetic studies suggest there are only two species—the ...

For example, a rhesus monkey named ''Miss Sam'' was launched in 1960 in a Mercury capsule that attained a velocity of 1,800 mph (1,900 kph) and an altitude of 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) . She was ...

The newly discovered Popa langur monkey species in Myanmar's central forest is critically endangered, with only 200-260 remaining. They face threats from hunting, illegal pet trade, deforestation ...

For years, researchers speculated about an undiscovered species due to the DNA in wild monkey droppings. A team of primatologists combined data from field surveys, DNA samples from similar species ...

Back in 2004, Kate Detwiler had her binoculars trained on a guenon monkey perched in a tree deep in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park. She was waiting for the monkey to defecate so she could alert her ...

A taxocene, for example, is a subset of species sharing a common taxonomic classification. The monkeys and apes of Kibale National Park is an example of a taxocene: they are classified within the ...

With this addition, the total known population of the species in the country has now reached around 360 individuals spread across three distinct groups. The Nujiang Golden Monkey, known as ...