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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here a white-faced capuchin monkey perches on a tree branch in Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica. A group from the same ...

A capuchin named Joker started the apparent trend, leading researchers to suspect "there was something a little quirky about him, or that he was kind of lonely in a way.” Reading time 3 minutes A ...

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 wild primates.

Capuchin monkeys are mainly known for their intelligence and resourcefulness. However, scientists have come across a strange, new behavior among the primates: child abduction. Per Smithsonian, Zoë ...

Scientists have proposed several theories to explain the capuchins’ actions, including alloparenting, dominance displays, or territorial signaling. Alloparenting is typically observed within a species ...

How much effort would you be willing to put in for a cashew? Well, for capuchin monkeys, the answer is quite a bit. Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured ...

From paintings and photographs to coins and credit cards, we are constantly surrounded by symbolic artifacts. The mental representation of symbols -- objects that arbitrarily represent other objects - ...

LOS ANGELES — Capuchin monkeys, with pint-sized, human-like features, appeal to people who want pets they can dress, carry around, spoon-feed and nuzzle. But when the so-called organ-grinder monkeys ...