Daniel Engber is a columnist for Slate. My research monkey had a pink face, dark eyes, sandy fur, and a 2-inch titanium rod screwed into the top of his skull. His name was Clayton. It's customary to ...

Look, we know not all of these are technically monkeys—some are gorillas, some are chimps, maybe even an orangutan or two—but let’s not get hung up on primate taxonomy. The important thing is: they’re ...

Huge memes can come from some unlikely places: if the content is good, people will share it, no matter how obscure the source. Case in point: this YouTube video of a macaque monkey getting a fresh ...

As 43 escaped scientific research monkeys remain at large in the Yemassee area, locals are having fun with the attention and national news coverage, making jokes, Internet memes and even merchandise ...