Macaques ingest clumps of clay to help their digestive system process the sugars, fats, and dairy products from human snacks ...

A monkey holding an ice cream or a bag of chips may sound like a cartoon scene. In Gibraltar, it is a common sight.

Gibraltar’s famous macaques have started eating soil, a behaviour linked to their access to tourist snacks, according to a ...

An engaging moment is captured as a monkey sits inside a cage while receiving fresh fruit from a human. The monkey appears ...

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.

Monkeys living on Gibraltar have learned that swallowing soil can quell upset stomachs caused by eating snacks offered or stolen from tourists, research suggests. Food such as chocolate bars, crisps ...

Monkeys in Gibraltar are eating soil to soothe their stomachs because their diets now consist mainly of junk food left behind by tourists, according to a new study. Barbary macaques, the only wild ...

Researchers said the monkeys have been observed eating soil more frequently, a behavior they said may help the macaques avoid ...

Monkeys in Gibraltar have learned to eat soil to settle their stomachs from all the junk food they consume, research suggests ...

We've all been there. You eat a Big Mac or an ice cream cone, and your stomach disagrees with some of the choices you've made. The same can be true for animals. A new study finds one group of junk ...