Monkey

Viral baby monkey Punch finds girlfriend

Clips show Punch leaning in for gentle face-to-face touches. Viewers have described these as “kisses.”

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, February 19, 2026.
Monkey rescued in Israel after illegal wildlife trafficking probe.

Monkey rescued in Israel after illegal wildlife trafficking probe

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, February 19, 2026.

Punch the baby macaque opens up to troop mates

Punch, a Japanese macaque who was abandoned at birth

A psychologist explains: What can Punch the monkey and his doll teach us?


Monkeys have ability to think complexly and deliberate decisions - study

New research challenges the long-held idea that only humans possess the ability to think deeply about a problem and consider factors including costs, consequences, and constraints.

Mother Liz is seen caring for her newborn baby Javan langur monkey at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo.

Spinning reportedly able to influence monkeys' state of consciousness - study

You may have watched more than once monkeys frolicking and spinning on trees, and it turns out that there is an interesting explanation for this.

Northern brown howler monkey

Raising teenagers is like living with chimps, and it's scientifically proven

In a current study, researchers found that adolescent chimpanzees are very similar to human teenagers, and even manage to be nicer than them.

An adult male chimpanzee rests in the dry and open woodland vegetation which dominates the Issa Valley savanna - mosaic habitat.

Young chimpanzees less impulsive than human counterparts, study finds

Young chimpanzees and human teens share risk-taking behaviors, American psychologists and anthropologists find.

 A chimpanzee. One of the closest animals to humans on the evolutionary ladder (illustrative).

Monkeys made stone tools 50,000 years ago that were discovered in Brazil - study

The researchers also state that they're "confident that the early archeological sites from Brazil may not be human-derived but may belong to capuchin monkeys."

Northern brown howler monkey

Did early humans walk upright in trees? - study

Our earliest ancestors may not have evolved to walk on two feet while on the ground, despite earlier research suggesting that this was the case.

A female chimpanzee carries her infant on her back as she navigates the crown of a large woodland tree during foraging.

WATCH: Monkey attacks Miss Peru after she poses for a photograph

It's not the first time something like this happened: A model posed next to a macaque monkey, but it got a bit too fascinated by her strapless dress.

Macaque at Sacred Monkey Forest, Bali, Indonesia

This antibody may protect against COVID-19 and all its variants - study

The antibody in question was easily induced in rhesus macaque monkeys and provided broad protection against not just COVID-19 and variants but other SARS viruses.

 COVID-19 (illustrative)

Chimpanzees use vocal communication to make hunting easier - study

The study highlights the importance of vocal communication in evolutionary development, its link to group-level cooperation and that it may not be exclusive to just humans.

 A chimpanzee. One of the closest animals to humans on the evolutionary ladder (illustrative).

WHO working on more monkeypox guidance as cases rise

The outbreak in 11 countries where it is not endemic is highly unusual, according to scientists. More than 100 confirmed or suspected cases have been reported, most of them in Europe.

 The WHO logo is pictured in Geneva