Howler infant number 10 on the back of a subadult capuchin carrier who is using stone tools at an anvil site. The mesh is because this is an experimental site where we collect debris from tool use.

In 2003, Brosnan and her colleagues discovered capuchin monkeys have a sense of fairness. They trained captive monkeys to hand them an object in exchange for a cucumber slice or the preferable grape.

Vern and a female monkey named Charro arrived at the zoo in 1988. Their two youngest sons, Jack and Pickett, are part of the zoo's current capuchin troop. ___ ...

Capuchin monkeys are known for their ability to recognize when they're being treated inequitably, but it now appears the primates can even spot unfairness in situations that don't involve themselves.

A police SWAT team in Mesa, Ariz., has applied for $100,000 from the federal government to buy a capuchin monkey and train it to perform law enforcement duties. Until now, monkeys have only been ...

It remains unknown where the capuchin monkey came from, but Lewis said it was wearing a harness and appeared to have previously been kept as a pet—which is illegal in the state.

More information: Mari Nishikawa et al. Infant cannibalism in wild white‐faced capuchin monkeys, Ecology and Evolution (2020). DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6901 Journal information: Ecology and Evolution ...

Now the monkey, who specialists guessed is about 1 year old, will spend the rest of her life at the sanctuary in Jessamine County, where nearly 50 primates reside, including some other capuchins.

News Cookie, the escaped Capuchin monkey in Alabama, is back home Published: May. 15, 2023, 9:01 a.m.

Breaking into a cashew nut can be difficult; but not if you're a monkey. Primates in Brazil are well honed in using stones to break into the nuts and new research suggests they have been doing so ...