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

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

Researchers claim the monkey troops at the Rock of Gibraltar are "self-medicating" by rebalancing their gut microbiomes with ...

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

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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.

Gibraltar's macaques are eating soil to soothe stomachs upset by tourist-supplied junk food.

Researchers have documented Gibraltar’s Barbary macaques eating soil to ease digestive issues caused by high-calorie, low-fiber snacks from tourists. The study found the behavior, known as geophagy, ...

Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis, Long-tailed macaque) in water looking at the camera, monkey in the family Cercopithecidae, primate native to Southeast Asia.© Artur Bogacki/Shutterstock.com ...

Macaques living on the Mediterranean holiday hotspot have learned that swallowing soil can quell upset stomachs caused by ...