Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the tiny primate was rejected by his own ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's no secret that humans and primates share many common traits (and the vast majority of our DNA), but some monkey behaviors ...

Caring for newborn animals in a zoo setting is a delicate process, especially when those animals require constant attention ...

Trentham Monkey Forest, in Stoke-on-Trent, has welcomed four new baby Barbary macaques - a species that is thought to only ...

ICYMI, the monkey’s name is Punch — or Panchi-kun — and he was abandoned at birth by his mother, due to a stressful pregnancy ...

Yuji, the baby patas monkey, is winning hearts and fans for his love of a stuffed teddy bear. Little Yuji was rejected by his ...

After being rejected by his mother, a baby monkey at the Guadalajara Zoo finds comfort in a stuffed dog while caretakers raise him.

A Texas man was busted for trafficking vulnerable Mexican baby spider monkeys, who were too young to be separated from their mothers, into San Diego and selling them on Facebook. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, ...

A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys’ backs, but the ...

Adorable photos show a trio of endangered baby Barbary macaques cuddling up to their mothers after being born in the tree tops at a UK monkey sanctuary. The cute African monkeys are thought to be only ...

A 33-year-old Texas man was sentenced in San Diego federal court Friday for coordinating the smuggling of at least six protected baby Mexican spider monkeys through the Calexico Port of Entry, ...