An antibody that can bind to many different types of influenza virus prevented macaques from getting seriously sick, and dying, from a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu. The findings could ...

In the annals of war, animals have answered the call of duty more than once. There were the Mongolian horses that carried Genghis Khan and his invaders into battle, the elephants that took Hannibal's ...

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh have tested a broadly neutralizing antibody that binds the stem of a protein against H5N1 avian influenza, which prevented severe disease in nonhuman ...

This story appears in the November 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Barbary macaque is a monkey of many distinctions. It is the only primate, other than humans, north of the Sahara on ...

Some primatologists say the practice is bad for the animals and many tourists aren’t that interested in the monkey tricks, but the macaques' handlers say they’re preserving a unique part of Morocco’s ...

Wild Ireland in County Donegal is celebrating the birth of the rare monkey, which is described as endangered by the International Union for Conservation and Nature. Native to the Atlas Mountains in ...

new video loaded: Monkey Eats From Bird Feeder After Escaping Scottish Wildlife Park transcript “He’s going to trash it.” “What.” “He’s going to trash that feeder.” “Who cares? So awesome.” [laughter] ...

Orange City residents reported a rare sighting last week: a monkey jumping around backyards and other parts of the city. Police sent out an alert to residents, saying the animal could be “very ...