Primatologist Susan Perry of UCLA has spent much of the past 35 years studying the complex social lives of white-faced capuchin monkeys, at a field site she established in one of the remaining patches ...
From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...
Skotty is a black-capped capuchin monkey who prosecutors said was abused and fed amphetamines by the Westwood man who owned him. In February 2022, when authorities seized Skotty, then about 6 months ...
On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...
Capuchin using a stick to probe the ground for food. Capuchin Culture Project in Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61243-8 Capuchin monkeys are omnivores whose diet in the wild may ...
A young male nicknamed Joker was probably the first to start carrying a howler monkey baby on his back for days on end. Then a group of other young males started to copy him. Here a white-faced ...