The seasonal scarcity of fruits and vegetables drives bearded capuchin monkeys to significantly increase the hunting of small vertebrates, a behavior that researchers directly link to survival ...

CapuchinAI is a system created to study the cognitive differences of individual wild primates, who all participate by choice ...

Animal abduction: Biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys -- a behavior never before seen in wild primates. Rise and spread: The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by researchers shows a baby howler monkey clinging onto a young adult male capuchin monkey on Jicarón Island, ...

Long-term study in Brazil shows black-striped capuchins rely more on small vertebrates when plant foods are limited, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Camera trap footage from Jicarón Island revealed a male capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant on its back. Now, scientists are ...

A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, its tiny fingers grasping fur. But they're not related and not even the same species. Scientists spotted surprising evidence of what ...

Capuchin monkeys are mainly known for their intelligence and resourcefulness. However, scientists have come across a strange, new behavior among the primates: child abduction. Per Smithsonian, Zoë ...

The feeding routine covers a huge range of exotic animals, including a tiny adult marmoset, capuchin monkeys, lemurs, sloths ...

Learn how capuchin monkeys hunt when fruit runs low, which parts of their prey they eat first, and what this may reveal about human evolution. Before dawn in northeastern Brazil, Noemi Spagnoletti and ...

Monkeys and apes form surprising relationships with other species, offering clues about how our close bonds with animals ...

On an island off the coast of Panama lives a population of wild primates with a remarkable culture. White-faced capuchins on Jicarón Island in Coiba National Park use stone tools; and scientists have ...