The disease gets its name from its discovery in monkeys in 1958, but humans are usually thought to get monkeypox from African rodents.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nearly 50 starving, dehydrated monkeys were rescued from cages at a garden nursery north of Johannesburg on Saturday. Spider, capuchin and squirrel monkeys were among the 49 ...

ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta welcomed a baby male Schmidt's guenon, also known as a red-tail monkey, earlier this month. The monkeys are normally found in rainforests and swamplands in middle Africa and get ...

An obscure family of viruses, already endemic in wild African primates and known to cause fatal Ebola-like symptoms in some monkeys, is "poised for spillover" to humans, according to new University of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Zoo is welcoming some new additions to its African Outpost exhibits. Meet 8-year-old Nali (pronounced like nah-lee) and her daughters 3-year-old Ate (pronounced like ...

A group of monkeys went viral after attempting to escape hot temperatures in South Africa by taking a dip in a man's swimming pool. The video shared to Facebook by homeowner Michael Derek Rout shows ...

FORT LAUDERDALE - Dozens of vervet monkeys have lived in South Florida's mangroves for decades. But human interactions and urban dangers threaten their survival. Biologist Missy Williams doesn't ...