Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Acion for Primates) A US-based online chat group is paying to watch videos of “monkey torture”, animal advocacy campaigners have ...

A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys’ backs, but the ...

It's no secret that humans and primates share many common traits (and the vast majority of our DNA), but some monkey behaviors still leave scientists baffled. One of these behaviors was seen as ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...

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 ...