Gibraltar’s macaques have been observed engaging in geophagy, the consumption of soil and clay, in an apparent attempt to quell their nausea from eating fatty and salty foods offered by tourists ...

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

On the limestone cliffs of Gibraltar, Europe’s free-ranging monkeys have developed a taste for the finer things in a tourist’s backpack. From salted peanuts and chocolate bars to M&M’s and melting ice ...

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 ...

Barbary macaques living on the Rock of Gibraltar might have found an unorthodox way to combat their stomach troubles. According to a journal article in Scientific Reports, a research team monitoring ...

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 ...

While humans settle their digestive unrest by popping pills and gulping down laxatives, do you know how animals deal with an upset stomach? Interestingly, in the wild every animal has a different way ...