A database about monkey behavior reveals how science is evolving toward a more open, collaborative approach. MacaqueNet contains social behavioral data from 14 of the world's 24 species of macaque.

From a quick swipe of a banana to elaborate “ransoms” of smartphones, monkey shenanigans have earned these adorable animals a worldwide reputation as mischievous little thieves. Perhaps you’ve seen ...

Male capuchin monkeys on a Panamanian island were documented carrying around infant howler monkeys for no clearly discernible reason. By Elizabeth Landau Capuchin monkeys don’t generally hang out with ...

A team of neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has, for the first time, observed how social behavior is encoded in the brain when monkeys are doing normal, everyday things rather than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study out of Bangladesh confirms a concerning trend in monkey behavior, potentially leading to the extinction of two ...

Source: Wald1siedel, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Across the animal kingdom, numerous species engage in a behavior known as anointing. This is where animals rub ...

Interactions between primates and animals outside their families have been documented for a long time, from predator-prey ...

While observing a group of rhesus monkeys on a tiny Caribbean island, researchers were shocked by what they saw: widespread homosexual exploits. “I was expecting to see same-sex behavior … but the ...

A database about monkey behavior reveals how science is evolving towards a more open, collaborative approach. A database about monkey behaviour reveals how science is evolving towards a more open, ...