Monkeys in Gibraltar self-medicate with soil to help them digest tourists' junk food

Monkeys in a tourism hotspot have learned that swallowing dirt can quell the upset stomachs caused by overconsumption of ...

Macaques reveal human-like genetic cause of inherited blindness, offering new disease model

An inherited form of blindness directly comparable to a common inherited optic nerve disease in humans has been discovered in ...

Scientists Figured Out Why These Monkeys Eat Dirt. The Key Is Tourists

People’s love of furry animals is having some unexpected effects on the monkeys living in Gibraltar. A study out today shows ...
Scientific American

These monkeys are literally eating dirt to help digest human junk food

Gibraltar’s macaques have been observed engaging in geophagy, the consumption of soil and clay, in an apparent attempt to ...
ZME Science

Gibraltar’s Monkeys Are Eating Dirt to Cope With Junk Food

Gibraltar's macaques are eating soil to soothe stomachs upset by tourist-supplied junk food.
University of California, Davis

Identifying Genetic Causes of Blindness in People and Macaques

An inherited form of blindness directly comparable to a common inherited optic nerve disease in humans has been discovered in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Gibraltar’s Famous Monkeys Are Eating Dirt, Likely to Alleviate Stomach Aches From Munching on Tourists’ Junk Food

The British territory's Barbary macaques are the only wild monkeys in Europe. But many are consuming human snacks high in ...

US sailor from minesweeping ship headed for Strait of Hormuz sidelined by monkey attack, officials say

Watch out for the guerrilla attacks. A US Navy sailor, who was set for minesweeping duties in the Strait of Hormuz, was ...

Gibraltar's monkeys find a clever way to avoid a junk food bellyache

By Marta Serafinko April 22 (Reuters) - On the tourist-packed Rock of Gibraltar, one of the most common sights is monkeys ...

Monkey indigestion? Eat dirt

Macaques living near the Rock of Gibraltar eat a lot of tourists' food. A new study suggests the monkeys have learned to eat dirt to settle their stomachs.

News in Easy English: Young monkey Punch holds toy less, plays more with other monkeys

ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- A young Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba Prefecture became famous because he carried a ...

Punch the Monkey is growing up, leaving his plushy behind

ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- A Japanese macaque at a zoo here that captured global attention for carrying a stuffed animal is growing ...