Their torment includes being made to walk on stilts, ride toy motorbikes and dance in front of crowds.

The intrinsic information-seeking impulse we call curiosity is independent of extrinsic rewards, such as food or mating opportunities. Curiosity is purely the pursuit of understanding the unknown, ...

An inherited form of blindness directly comparable to a common inherited optic nerve disease in humans has been discovered in rhesus macaques at the California National Primate Research Center at the ...

Macaques have learned to eat soil to avert gut irritation caused by salty and sugary snacks, researchers believe Troops of monkeys living on the Rock of Gibraltar have learned to eat soil in what ...

Macaques in Gibraltar eat soil as a coping mechanism for digestive issues arising from consuming junk food obtained from tourists. A Cambridge University study found that human snacks, high in sugar, ...

Monkeys turn to dirt to counter nausea after pilfering ice-cream, chocolate and crisps from holidaymakers Sarah Knapton is the Science Editor of The Telegraph and has covered all areas of science ...

Not content with ruining their own appetite with junk food, tourists in Gibraltar may also be turning the stomachs of the region’s iconic feral macaques. Monkeys in the tourism hotspot have apparently ...

A baby macaque that once captured global attention for clinging to a stuffed toy is now showing signs of growing independence. Punch, the young monkey at Ichikawa City Zoo, has turned eight months old ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Today in History: May 25, ‘Star ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...