It is seen as a rather dirty habit in human societies, but it appears some monkeys have found a more hygienic way of picking their nose. Researchers have reported seeing a wild female bearded capuchin ...

Animal behavior researchers have released incredible video of pint-sized Capuchin monkeys using stone tools to forage for their food in Brazil's Ubajara National Park. The team recorded 214 cases in ...

Monkeys in Brazil routinely use stones and twigs to forage for food, providing more evidence to undermine the belief that man is the only species with the intelligence to make tools. Monkeys in Brazil ...

Brazilian monkeys were using stone tools hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago, and may have inadvertently introduced humans to cashew nuts, scientists have discovered. Archaeological evidence ...

When it comes to using tools, our closest animal relatives are kings of the jungle. Incredible new footage reveals that monkeys are a dab hand at hunting and woodwork. Scientists used to think that ...

Brazilian capuchins have been monkeying around with stone tools for hundreds of years, Oxford University scientists have discovered. The primates have been observed using stones as hammers and anvils ...

A brain implant has allowed animals to control a robot arm by thought alone in a study that raises the prospect of helping paralysed people who cannot use their limbs. Scientists from Duke University ...

The Burmese long-tailed macaque has developed the ability to use stone tools to crack open shellfish Macaque monkeys that have developed the ability to use stone tools to open shellfish are in danger ...

A number of supermarkets have removed some coconut water and oil from their shelves after it emerged the products were made with fruit picked by monkeys. The monkeys are snatched from the wild and ...

The cost of the monkeys — a proxy for the volume of clinical trials — is projected to reach Rmb150,000 ($21,000) at the start ...

When it comes to using tools, our closest animal relatives are kings of the jungle. Incredible new footage reveals that monkeys are a dab hand at hunting and woodwork. Scientists used to think that ...

Macaque monkeys that have developed the ability to use stone tools to open shellfish are in danger of losing the skill because of human development. Scientists found that illegal palm oil and rubber ...