Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to a new baby squirrel monkey, and he's ready to meet his new ...

Among rhesus macaque monkeys, mothers who weigh more and have had previous pregnancies produce more and better breast milk for their babies than mothers who weigh less and are less experienced.

High-fat diet in the womb may also affect the “appetite center” of the brain, meaning baby monkeys might have problems with appetite control after birth, Friedman said.

Young, male capuchin monkeys have started kidnapping the babies of nearby howler monkeys. Why? Maybe boredom.

A Texas man was sentenced for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys, too young to be separated from their mothers, into Southern California.

Baby monkeys are dying because of the effects of palm oil plantations, researchers have discovered. And it is not just coming into contact with humans that is the problem.

Man sentenced for illegally trafficking baby spider monkeys across U.S.-Mexico border Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, was sentenced to four months in custody and 180 days home confinement for smuggling ...

Maternal consumption of a Western-style diet alters the transcriptional landscape of fetal blood stem cells in rhesus macaques, researchers report November 3rd in the journal Stem Cell Reports.

BANGKOK (AP) — A morbidly obese wild monkey who gorged himself on junk food and soda left behind by tourists has been rescued and placed on a strict diet of ...

SAN DIEGO — A Houston man has been sentenced to four months in custody for facilitating the smuggling of six baby Mexican spider monkeys into the United States from Mexico.

At their heaviest, monkeys Godzilla and Uncle Fatty weighed 20 and 27kg. Their lives of indulgence earnt them fame, but also had devastating consequences for their health.

Man sentenced for illegally trafficking baby spider monkeys across California-Mexico border Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, was sentenced to four months in custody and 180 days home confinement for ...