Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Space.com Soon after Iranian officials announced they'd sent a monkey to space, close observers started wondering if the Iranians had ...

The mystery of the “mummified” Minneapolis monkey, as it’s being called, began when a construction crew found it in the seventh-floor air duct of the city’s most famous department store, Dayton’s. Its ...

For weeks, the story of Punch the monkey has tugged at heartstrings around the world. Videos of this lonely baby monkey at Japan's Ichikawa Zoo have triggered global outpourings of empathy, grief and ...