"There has been a lot of habitat degradation, so there is more light penetration, higher temperatures, and water scarcity. Above all, there has been an increase in the number of fires that damage the ...

Scientists have detected microplastics in the digestive systems of red howler monkeys living in protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, marking the first evidence of plastic ingestion by a ...

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 ...

COMALCALCO, Mexico — Threatened howler monkeys have been dropping dead from trees in Mexico’s southeastern tropical forests in recent weeks amid a nationwide drought and heat waves that have sent ...

Camera trap footage from Jicarón Island revealed a male capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant on its back. Now, scientists are trying to understand what's driving this kidnapping behavior. - ...

A heat wave in Mexico is so fierce that howler monkeys are dropping dead from trees. Though estimates run into the hundreds, at least 85 monkeys have died in the state of Tabasco as temperatures soar ...

Howler infant number 5 on the back of a juvenile capuchin carrier, who is using stone tools at an anvil site in a stream bed. Usually, this behavior in females is described as adoption, thought to be ...

BELFAST Zoo has welcomed two new nosy arrivals to its site at Cave Hill. The Venezuelan red Howler Monkeys, a male called Watu, aged eight, and a female called Ghuma, aged five, have moved from ...

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 ...

White-faced capuchin monkeys on Jicarón Island have started abducting baby howler monkeys, surprised scientists report. It’s possible this behavior comes in waves, but it had not been detected in the ...