An escaped monkey running rampant around the Irish countryside is just looking for love and should not be targeted by hunters, its owner urged. Willie Heffernan, owner of the Rathdrum Monkey Sanctuary ...

Howler infant number 5 on the back of a juvenile capuchin carrier, who is using stone tools at an anvil site in a stream bed. Usually, this behavior in females is described as adoption, thought to be ...

Many nonhuman primate species show sex differences in behavior, which suggests that there may also be sex differences in brain organization. In order to better understand the evolution of sex ...

Here a white-faced capuchin monkey perches on a tree branch in Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica. A group from the same genus has been observed with stolen howler monkey babies on a small ...

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 ...

Sept. 18 -- It turns out monkeys, like people, are no fools when it comes to equal pay for equal work. A new study found when brown capuchin monkeys noticed their partners were getting a better reward ...

Joann Newberger, 75, was arrested in Putnam County, Florida, on Feb. 18, 2022, after she was cited by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for reportedly possessing a Capuchin monkey ...

A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys’ backs, but the ...