For capuchin monkeys, learning goes hand in hand with tolerance Capuchins are among the most intelligent of monkeys, especially with their ability to use tools by imitating the behavior of members ...

Chinese New Year red envelopes are a traditional custom typically observed during Spring Festival. People put money in red ...

The work is part of the project “Effects of social dynamics on the diffusion of new behaviors in groups of capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) inhabiting the Caatinga of the Serra da Capivara ...

EXCLUSIVE: To Yolanda van der Berg, the two little capuchin monkeys playing in her home are like her own children - but ...

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

Evolutionary biologists have long hypothesized that the short-term physiological responses to stress help animals survive in life-threatening situations. Indeed, research shows that the canonical ...

White-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica who experienced more intense physiological responses to mild droughts were more fit to survive extreme drought, researchers found in a new UCLA-led study.

A UCLA-led team of researchers used the environmental circumstances and fecal samples collected from the six years prior to the severe El Niño drought in Costa Rica to study the relationship between ...

In early November, the monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Facility after a caretaker didn’t secure the doors, police said.

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 ...

spider monkeys, 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 ...