For more than a century, scientists considered banded langurs, a type of reclusive, tree-dwelling monkey, to be a single species—but new research points to three separate ones. They've been ...

Scientists studying camera trap footage from Jicarón Island spotted something unusual: a capuchin monkey carrying an infant howler monkey on his back. Now, they’re trying to learn what it means.

These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the infants of another monkey species, seemingly just for kicks. That's what scientists think after watching a bunch of male white-faced ...

Sri Lanka is withholding the results of a survey of crop-destroying wildlife, including monkeys and peacocks, because data ...

Sri Lanka counted more than seven million monkeys during a census of crop-destroying wildlife, authorities said Thursday, ...

A handful of male capuchin monkeys have been caught on camera abducting babies from another species, baffling the scientists who study them. Over a 15-month period, five male capuchins were seen ...

A group of white-faced capuchins on a remote island have started stealing infants from another primate species, and researchers don’t know why ...

Further observation of the video and cross-checking among researchers revealed that the small figure was actually a monkey of a different species — a baby howler. “I was shocked ...

On an isolated island in Panama, white-faced capuchin monkeys have developed unprecedented behavior. A recent study reveals ...

Monkeys are very diverse, intelligent, and interesting creatures, so it should be no small wonder that people like to keep ...