I’m an enthusiastic believer in the theory that everything is better with monkeys. They’re cute, they’re clever and we can learn a lot from them: They spend their time playing, eating, sleeping and ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine says the records show "extreme suffering." The group says it will file an official complaint with the US Department of Agriculture. An animal-rights ...

Monkeys are our closest relatives in the evolutionary tree, are similar in all kinds of aspects, including one very important aspect that is- intelligence. Cognitive scientists, who study the ...

Animal rights advocates want to know why the National Institutes of Health quietly approved millions in new funding for ...