Wild bearded capuchin monkeys in Brazil use handheld stones to whack rocks poking out of cliffs and outcrops. The animals unintentionally break off sharp-edged stones that resemble stone tools ...

A group of capuchin monkeys has evolved a terrifying new habit on a remote island off the coast of Panama: kidnapping young ...

Capuchin monkeys have been monkey-napping baby howler monkeys in Jicarón Island in Coiba National Park, off the coast of Panama. Brendan J. Barrett, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior ...

To the point. Animal abduction: On Panama’s Jicarón island, biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys—a behavior never before seen in ...

Animal abduction: Biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys -- a behavior never before seen in wild primates. Rise and spread: The ...

Capuchin monkeys show biases against humans who deny help to others. ... Afterwards, both people offered a food pellet to the animal. The monkey was allowed to accept food from only one.

A small monkey sits on a white countertop in a Boston training facility. With dexterous hands, the monkey—a capuchin, native to the forest canopies of Central and South America and known for its ...

The capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023. ... a behavioural ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour in Germany.

The track record for Capuchin monkeys in prime time isn’t great. The last one was Marcel on “Friends” (played by two different monkeys), who ended up doing only eight episodes and was let go ...

So the image of an infant howler monkey clinging to the back of a white-faced capuchin confused Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioral ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany.