Police in Puerto Rico captured a rhesus macaque monkey on Friday that was being chased by a crowd of people at a public housing complex near the U.S. territory’s north coast. The monkey was found ...

With extreme weather events on the rise across the globe, like the rare Category 5 hurricane that hit Mexico 11 days ago, we were interested in a study on a remote island very few people are allowed ...

The rhesus macaque is the most widely studied nonhuman primate in biomedical research. A genome sequencing project for this species, led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of ...

In a promising result for the success of vaccines against COVID-19, rhesus macaque monkeys infected with the human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 developed protective immune responses suggesting long-lasting ...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the agent that has sparked the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The zoonotic virus (i.e., a pathogen of animal ...

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity, ...

A wild rhesus macaque was spotted swinging around town in Orange City, Florida, a suburb of Orlando over the past week. The Orange City Police Department asked residents Wednesday to report any ...

A new study has found that a COVID-19 vaccine candidate is highly effective in protecting rhesus macaque monkeys from the disease. Share on Pinterest Early studies show that a COVID-19 vaccine ...

NI 62, a monkey bound for a medical lab when he escaped a truck crash in Mississippi, is now known as Forrest and living at Popcorn Park in Lacey.

A new study at the California National Primate Research Center shows that rhesus macaques can perceive their own heartbeat. This ability to be aware of internal states is called interoception.

Nepali rhesus monkeys are genetically similar to animals native to India—good news for scientists faced with a continued shortage of these important research subjects. For more than half a century, ...

Scientists have found that social connections influence the brain structure of rhesus macaques. Specifically, the number of grooming partners an individual had predicted the size of brain areas ...