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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. 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 …

  3. 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.

  4. What's the difference between apes and monkeys?

    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 …

  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. 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.

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

    Dec 15, 2024 · Given an infinite amount of time, an infinite number of monkeys randomly prodding keys on a typewriter could, in theory, eventually replicate the works of William Shakespeare.

  8. Facts About Marmosets - Live Science

    Mar 29, 2017 · Marmosets are small monkeys that live high up in the canopies of South American rainforests. There are more than 20 species, and most could fit comfortably in an adult …

  9. 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.

  10. 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.