The recent archaeological discovery also deepens our understanding of trade networks between India and the Roman Empire.

Roman military officers kept monkeys as companions and even gave them their own pets - Remains in an ancient cemetery provide ...

Berenike was an isolated, windswept outpost. It linked the Roman Empire to the trade routes of India, Arabia, and East Africa ...

There were many ways in which the elites of ancient Roman society flaunted their wealth. They built vast villas, sponsored ...

People have taken their pets into all kinds of strange legal territory. Courts have seen everything from copyright claims ...

Trump’s reshaping of science has fueled fears researchers will leave the U.S. This lab tech's story shows it can drive people out of science altogether.

Forrest, a young adult rhesus macaque, was among 21 monkeys being transported for biomedical research when the truck they ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A home in Tillman’s Corner was raided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife agents after they discovered multiple monkeys. Caution tape surrounded the home on Schimpf’s Lane on Dec. 3.

Archaeologists working at the animal cemetery at Berenike have documented remains from three dozen primates, marking a significant shift in Roman pet-keeping practices. Previously, the handful of ...

The final monkey who escaped from a transport van that crashed Oct. 28 on a Mississippi highway has been safely recovered and will spend the rest of his days at a New Jersey animal sanctuary. The ...

For the study, the researchers worked with two adult male macaques that had previously been trained to tap in time with a metronome. Sharp Photography via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 With a ...

A rhesus macaque monkey named Forrest is now living at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in Lacey. Forrest was one of eight lab monkeys that escaped after a truck crash in Mississippi. Of the three monkeys ...