ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Zoo is planning an $11.5 million expansion of its area for primates, adding 35,000 square feet of outdoor space including trails and tunnels for observers to get a close-up ...

The search for more than three dozen runaway monkeys from a Yemassee primate breeding and research facility last week is down to a handful of holdouts. While placing a critical spotlight on the region ...

When I asked what they were breeding them for, my USDA inspector told me "you don’t want to know”, Bagnall said. “And I told ...

Observe up close the playful world of monkeys — from grooming rituals to agile tree-hopping in their lush natural habitats. This ground-level footage captures their expressive faces, social dynamics, ...

On the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina, exists an island dedicated to monkeying around. Well, sort of. If you've been keeping up with the 43 primates that recently escaped a scientific search ...

A key congressional committee wants federal health officials to justify the continued breeding of primates on Morgan Island, a secluded South Carolina barrier island that is home to more than 3,000 ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...