IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — A Capuchin monkey that escaped from Zootastic Park in Troutman last week was hit by a vehicle, Iredell County officials confirmed on Tuesday. The monkey got loose from the ...

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. Camera trap footage from Jicarón Island revealed a male capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant on its back. Now, scientists are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Off the coast of Panama, on an island uninhabited by humans, a culture unlike any other has arisen. Now, the monkeys have taken ...

Seeing someone else receive a bigger portion can turn a perfectly civilized meal into a personal betrayal. In one experi ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

After heavy rain, an unexpected animal finds its way inside Theo and Alfie’s capuchin enclosure. The monkeys become extremely defensive, and when they investigate, they discover a live invasive green ...

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 ...