Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by researchers shows a baby howler monkey clinging onto a young adult male capuchin monkey on Jicarón Island, ...

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. The new baby howler monkey at the Houston Zoo. Its gender is not yet known. (Courtesy of the Houston Zoo) The Houston Zoo welcomed ...

Observations of Coiba’s tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior? Vanessa Crooks Caught in the act! Capuchin monkeys ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A baby black howler monkey has a new home. The Buffalo Zoo welcomed the newborn monkey into the world last month. Now, visitors can meet the monkey baby at the zoo’s M&T ...

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 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 ...

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WASHINGTON — 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 ...

The Houston Zoo welcomed a new baby howler monkey last month. The baby, born on March 20 to mother Charlie, is on display in the Zoo's South America's Pantanal exhibit. But the baby doesn't have a ...