Watching videos of pet monkeys online can be entertaining, and it is easy to see why some people imagine that owning one might be fun. But is keeping a monkey as a pet really a good idea? This ...

As the northeast Johnson County city considers changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to include all monkeys - ...

Monkeys are fascinating, intelligent, and curiously human-like. It’s no wonder that many people dream of having one as a pet. The idea of a playful monkey perched on your shoulder or mimicking your ...

Adult female spider monkey Patty and one of four young spider monkeys who arrived at Saint Louis Zoo in spring 2025 after they were confiscated near the U.S. southern border walk through a tunnel at ...

While archaeologists have previously documented a few similar examples of ancient Roman pet monkeys elsewhere, they genetically traced back to the Barbary macaques of Africa. “The Berenike burials of ...