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  1. Monkeys: Facts about the largest group of primates

    Feb 14, 2022 · Monkeys are a large group of primates spread around the world with many unique families, species and types, from mini marmosets to massive mandrills.

  2. Monkey - News and Scientific Articles on Live Science | Live Science

    Oct 29, 2025 · Learn about different species of monkeys; see pictures of monkeys in the wild; and watch intelligent monkeys demonstrate their skills and abilities.

  3. What's the difference between apes and monkeys? - Live Science

    May 10, 2025 · "While monkeys are capable of complex thinking, they generally have a lower cognitive capacity than apes." Related: What did the last common ancestor between humans …

  4. Lab monkeys on the loose in Mississippi don't have herpes, …

    Oct 29, 2025 · Lab monkeys initially thought to be carrying a range of diseases have escaped from a truck in Mississippi following a crash — prompting law enforcement officers to kill a …

  5. Capuchins have started abducting newborn howler monkeys in …

    May 19, 2025 · Young male capuchins have developed a strange trend of acquiring baby howler monkeys. It doesn't end well for the babies.

  6. Could monkeys really type the complete works of Shakespeare?

    Dec 15, 2024 · The infinite monkey theorem says that, given enough time, monkeys could randomly replicate the works of Shakespeare. But is it really true? (Image credit: tombie via …

  7. Monkey DNA Points to Common Human Ancestor - Live Science

    Apr 12, 2007 · The rhesus monkey has now had its genome sequenced, promising to improve research into health and yield insights into human evolution.

  8. Fossils of Earliest Old World Monkeys Unearthed - Live Science

    Mar 18, 2013 · Fossils of the oldest monkeys have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing the old-world monkeys coexisted with more archaic primates some 12.5 million years ago.

  9. Florida airport monkeys are the descendants of zoo escapees

    May 21, 2021 · A colony of wild African green monkeys living near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport finally gets an origin story.

  10. Primates have been masturbating for at least 40 million years

    Jun 7, 2023 · Related: Monkeys in Indonesia use rocks as 'sex toys' Their findings showed primates have likely been masturbating for tens of millions of years.