As a part of a study testing out a new type of implanted brain-computer interface (BCI), three rhesus monkeys controlled ...

Monkeys are our closest relatives in the evolutionary tree, are similar in all kinds of aspects, including one very important aspect that is- intelligence. Cognitive scientists, who study the ...

A University of Minnesota neuroscience professor who studies brain activity in small monkeys has been suspended from research ...

Metformin is the main first-line drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, but a new study on monkeys suggests it could one day be used to slow brain aging, too. But metformin's anti-aging effects were yet ...

Researchers recently conducted an open diffusion experiment to explore how capuchin monkeys learn novel behaviors, shedding light on the roles of social learning, observation, and affiliative ...

YEMASSEE, S.C. — Two more monkeys that escaped last week from a South Carolina research facility were recaptured Tuesday, according to the facility's CEO, bringing the total number of primates caught ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By now, most of you have seen little Punch, a 7-month-old macaque who stole the hearts of animal lovers around the world. But ...