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 ...

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 ...

There was some serious monkey business after a primate was spotted climbing on a fence at Buncrana Pier in County Donegal. Joey, a South American capuchin monkey, "went for a stroll" after he escaped ...

On a remote Panamanian island, researchers have observed for the very first time young male capuchin monkeys stealing howler monkey babies, according to a new ...

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 ...

Why are capuchin monkeys kidnapping howler monkey babies in Panama? We investigate this bizarre case of primate abduction with researchers working with the Smithsonian to get to the bottom of this ...

A capuchin monkey was struck near Troutman, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 23, after it escaped from Zootastic Park Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...