Escaped monkeys and rumors of disease in Mississippi raised worries about zoonotic infections that could harm people.

The 40-pound monkey carries COVID, hepatitis C, and herpes and are “aggressive to humans,” the sheriff department warned.

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

It’s not easy to make friends with a capuchin monkey. They’re willful, mischievous and, if they take it into their heads, can break any breakable you’ve got in the house—no small feat for an animal ...