Last week NASA announced a new plan to radiate live squirrel monkeys for scientific purposes. 18 to 28 animals will be exposed to a low dose of radiation.

In Dominican Republic, archaeologists announced Tuesday the discovery of bones and fossils of several Caribbean sloths and a primate skull, which is believe to have come from an extinct monkey.

The Brazilian rainforest has ceded one of its secrets to the modern world; a new sub-species of monkey heretofore never seen. The monkey boasts a super long tail and it weighs barely a pound.

From the “What?” files, the owner of a monkey, who was allegedly “forced to climb trees” to harvest coconuts, scampered off the job after taking aim at his master’s “coconut,” killing him instantly.

Recently a photo of Barnes & Noble book display board was circulated widely over the Internet. The photo showed various books about President Obama around a central photo of a monkey book. Barnes & Noble claims some prankster did this intentionally.

Researchers found that glycerol monolaurate, an ingredient in some foods and cosmetics, is the basis for a microbicide that can protect female monkeys from an HIV-like virus.

The New York Post, is holding true to its reputation as a right-wing, racist rag. In its February 17 edition, it ran a cartoon that depicts the shooting of a monkey with a not so subtle inferrence that the animal was the President of the United States.

A South African gardening contractor has died a slow and painful death after eating a poisoned banana which had been left lying around in a garden in the town of Howick to bait Durban's fervet monkey troops, which many residents say are just pests.

Two disgusting incidents of animal cruelty toward the frail fervet monkeys of South Africa have come to light today. A drunken, newborn fervet monkey was rescued from a pub, and another one from the cruelty of a stem-cell researcher who had cut her spine.

A recent article depicted a relationship in a Chinese zoo between a guard dog and a monkey, but that was a bit different. In this sweet tale, the dog is not a bodyguard to the darling little monkey; they are bosom buddies. Read on and…pass the Kleenex.

Read all abut the little orphan monkey at the Jiaozuo City Zoo who was given his very own bodyguard, a dog named Sai Hu, to stop other primates from bullying it.

A study shows that monkeys also find it pleasurable to share when given a chance. Read to find out more about how all of us are so alike and yet so different.

Who is the strange “monkey from Mars” and what part did he play in a 1953 UFO hoax? Only the mini museum of The Georgia Bureau of Investigation knows the answer. Read on, if you dare.

Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate.

The virtuous discount retail behemoth has decided to pull from its repertoire of comic books a popular Latino favourite because the comic portrays a monkey as a "negro", according to some activists. Memin Pinguin is said to be a Cuban character.

Hardly a gorilla at large tale of terror and mayhem, there is still a monkey on the loose west of Los Angeles. Where is Moe the actor chimp? His parents are desperate and still he fails to write or call home. Read on for the details.

A judge asking for YouTube user data. Why social networks can hurt a teen's real life. A "black national anthem" causing controversy in Denver. These are the top stories making headlines around the world.

The House of Representatives passed an important piece of legislation during the week of June 16th by a vote of 302-96. It's called the Captive Primate Safety Act which is a move that would eventually outlaw people having pet monkeys.

The Sardar Bhagat Singh College of Technology and Management in northern India has named Hanuman as its official chairman. For those not up to speed on Hindu Gods Hanuman is the Monkey God.

A dozen Patas monkeys escaped the Safari Wild preserve in Polk County, which is a wildlife preserve in Florida. Those monkeys include mature males, reproducing females and a dominant troop leader.