Primatologist Susan Perry of UCLA has spent much of the past 35 years studying the complex social lives of white-faced capuchin monkeys, at a field site she established in one of the remaining patches ...

Advocacy aiming to secure the freedom of a capuchin monkey in Kansas has gained traction once again following the creation of more petitions. For the past 18 years, Frankie, a capuchin monkey, has ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

A monkey who went missing after a car crash earlier this week was reunited with his family after being found by Lexington Police officials, the department said in a Facebook post. Officers responded ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...

Observations of Coiba’s tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior? Vanessa Crooks Caught in the act! Capuchin monkeys ...

Capuchin using a stick to probe the ground for food. Capuchin Culture Project in Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61243-8 Capuchin monkeys are omnivores whose diet in the wild may ...

A young male nicknamed Joker was probably the first to start carrying a howler monkey baby on his back for days on end. Then a group of other young males started to copy him. Here a white-faced ...

Male capuchin monkeys on a Panamanian island were documented carrying around infant howler monkeys for no clearly discernible reason. By Elizabeth Landau Capuchin monkeys don’t generally hang out with ...