Apes

Monkeys On The Verge Of Speech?

PA | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Tech

Friendly lip-smacks made by a large African monkey show striking similarities with human speech, say scientists. Geladas, close cousins of the babo...

New Species Of Monkey Discovered

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.09.2012 | UK

A new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, researchers have said. The species, known locally as the lesula, was discovered after a youn...

Free Runners Ape Orang-utans In Simulated Jungle Study

PA | Posted 28.04.2012 | UK

Free runner athletes are aping orang-utans to help researchers investigate how the primates move through trees. In a simulated forest habitat, the ...

MONKEY PICTURES: Here's Looking At You, Kid

Posted 30.01.2012 | UK

Humans are but chromosomes away from their monkey cousins, and these pensive portraits of chimpanzees, orangutans, baboons and bonobos show just how s...

Tarzan Chimp 'Cheetah' Dies At 80

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 28.12.2011 | UK

Cheetah the chimp, the Hollywood monkey who “acted” in Tarzan films in the 1930s has died aged 80, according to the sanctuary where he spent his l...