Skotty is a black-capped capuchin monkey who prosecutors said was abused ... he was so underweight that one advocate described the animal as looking like “a Holocaust survivor.” ...

Our reactions to any kind of perceived unfairness can be very strong, but are these feeling of jealousy unique to humans?

Investigations into animal fairness and jealousy started in 2003 with the study of capuchin monkeys. In an experiment conducted by Frans de Waal, two monkeys performed the same task for rewards.

Researchers recently conducted an open diffusion experiment to explore how capuchin monkeys learn novel behaviors, shedding light on the roles of social learning, observation, and affiliative ...

longitudinal studies of how wild animals cope with changes in temperature, rainfall and food availability can help us understand which species can adapt rapidly. White-faced capuchin monkeys in ...

capuchin monkeys, titi monkeys, and others. Both wild-caught and purpose-bred animals are used, and in 2020 alone, 26,728 primates were imported into the United States, according to a veterinary ...

Ongoing projects include reconciliation behavior in hamadryas baboons and the cognitive abilities of capuchin monkeys (social cognition, numerosity, and tool use acquisition).

White-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica who experienced ... Most research on wild animals and humans is focused on the damage that stress response causes to a system—"the wear-and-tear." ...