It's no secret that humans and primates share many common traits (and the vast majority of our DNA), but some monkey behaviors still leave scientists baffled. One of these behaviors was seen as ...

Capuchin monkeys have been caught on camera abducting the babies of another primate. The "weird" fad, which led to the deaths of several baby howler monkeys, was started by a male capuchin named Joker ...

According to the Three Wise Monkeys, it’s best to see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. Researchers with the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, as well as those from the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby howler monkey clung ...

Motion-triggered cameras have been used to observe white-faced capuchins on Jicarón Island, off the coast of Panama, since 2017. Doctoral researcher Zoë Goldsborough was looking through the camera ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) — 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 ...