April 22 (Reuters) - On the tourist-packed Rock of Gibraltar, one of the most common sights is monkeys begging for food - and sometimes stealing sweet and salty snacks from unsuspecting visitors.

Macaques in Gibraltar can snatch food from unwitting tourists in addition to gobbling abandoned leftovers – Copyright AFP JORGE GUERRERO A colony of macaques that ...

Gibraltar’s famous macaques have started eating soil, a behaviour linked to their access to tourist snacks, according to a new study. Scientists say it may help the animals digest high-calorie foods, ...

Monkeys living on Gibraltar have developed a unique coping mechanism for their junk food habit: swallowing soil to quell upset stomachs caused by sweet and salty snacks offered or stolen from ...

The monkeys sometimes steal food from tourists. Martin Nicourt / Gibraltar Macaques Project Move over, Tums. Monkeys in Gibraltar seem to have found an unusual health hack to deal with upset stomachs.

People’s love of furry animals is having some unexpected effects on the monkeys living in Gibraltar. A study out today shows that these monkeys are regularly eating dirt—likely as a way to soothe ...

Believed to originate from North Africa, the roughly 230 primates are the main attraction in the British exclave of 30,000 people that borders southern Spain, according to the Gibraltar Ornithological ...

Monkeys living on Gibraltar have developed a unique coping mechanism for their junk food habit: swallowing soil to quell upset stomachs caused by sweet and salty snacks offered or stolen from ...

Researchers said the monkeys have been observed eating soil more frequently, a behavior they said may help the macaques avoid stomach upset from consuming human snacks. They found that soil-eating was ...

Believed to originate from North Africa, the roughly 230 primates are the main attraction in the British exclave of 30,000 people that borders southern Spain, according to the Gibraltar Ornithological ...