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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Primatologist Susan Perry of UCLA has spent much of the past 35 years studying the complex social lives of white-faced capuchin ...

Excavations in Brazil have pounded out new insights into the handiness of ancient monkeys. South American capuchin monkeys have not only hammered and dug with carefully chosen stones for the last ...

The pope also accepted Wednesday the resignation of Bishop Frank J. Dewane, 76, who led the Diocese of Venice, Florida, since ...

Jungle Island is about to get a little wilder. The Miami animal attraction has welcomed the birth of a capuchin monkey. The tiny male, born Thanksgiving Day weighing 0.2 pounds, is the offspring of ...

Wild capuchin monkeys don’t thoughtlessly grab any handy piece of stone to crack open hard-shelled nuts at snack time. These slender, agile primates select the best tool for the job, a new study finds ...

Economic systems, like that experimental setup, rely on participation. Workers show up. Entrepreneurs take risks. Investors deploy capital. Citizens pay taxes. Governments fund social services. All of ...

Capuchin monkeys are omnivores whose diet in the wild may include buds, flowers, leaves, seeds, nuts, fruit, and berries; as well as birds, eggs, small mammals, mollusks and arthropods such as insects ...

As spa treatments go, crushed rock licked and smeared over your body might not sound particularly appealing. But this technique is used by bearded capuchin monkeys as a health treatment to prevent ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Here's a look at which neighborhoods could see a light freeze tomorrow morning. WASHINGTON – A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, its tiny fingers grasping fur. But they're ...