Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.

The Barbary macaque is a monkey of many distinctions. It is the only primate, other than humans, north of the Sahara on the African continent, and it’s the only macaque living outside of Asia.

allowing animals to cross between North Africa and Europe. “These fossils indicate that, instead, old world monkey dispersal could have taken place through the Arabian Peninsula even before the ...

There has been a disturbing rise in the number of Vervet monkeys being shot on the North Coast ... only cruel but also illegal under the South Africa’s Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000.