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 ...

A capuchin named Joker started the apparent trend, leading researchers to suspect "there was something a little quirky about him, or that he was kind of lonely in a way.” Reading time 3 minutes A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's no secret that humans and primates share many common traits (and the vast majority of our DNA), but some monkey behaviors ...

ICYMI, the monkey’s name is Punch — or Panchi-kun — and he was abandoned at birth by his mother, due to a stressful pregnancy ...

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 ...

Tool-using Capuchin monkeys from Jicarón Island have been captured on-camera carrying kidnapped howler monkey infants. On Jicarón Island, in the Coiba National Park, off the western Pacific coast of ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to the arrival of a new baby squirrel monkey! And the best part? You can see this precious new arrival in person starting Friday, July 11, at ...

The Oakland Zoo announced the birth of a red-tailed monkey. The birth is being called a milestone, the first at the zoo of a guenon monkey. The arrival comes as a young monkey in Japan has captured ...