A new study on chimpanzees in Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire supports a theory that humans may have inherited a taste for alcohol from primate ancestors.

He was drunk as a monk. A cheeky monkey in India proved that primates possess more human characteristics than some may realize after he entered a liquor store and downed a bottle. A NewsLions video of ...

Firefighters said they were called to a bar in Brazil on Feb. 5 to deal with a drunk and disorderly Monkey who downed a glass of rum and picked up a kitchen knife. Drunk monkey goes viral after ...

PATOS, Brazil – Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A monkey walks into a bar, drinks some rum, grabs a kitchen knife and begins chasing customers. The drunk and belligerent monkey terrorized ...

PATOS, Brazil – Stop us if you've heard this one before: A monkey walks into a bar, drinks some rum, grabs a kitchen knife and begins chasing customers. The drunk and belligerent monkey terrorized ...

Almost anyone who has read a travel brochure about Africa has heard of elephants getting drunk from the fruit of the marula tree. The lore holds that elephants can get drunk by eating the fermented ...

Chimps' ability to metabolize fermented fruit could explain our own predilection for alcohol. Chimpanzees could be consuming ...

To the editor: The recent case of a young spider monkey rescued during a drug bust in Vallejo highlights the urgent need to ban the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in this country (“Baby spider ...