A study tracked 12 neighbouring groups of white-faced capuchin monkeys across three decades, combining on-the-ground observations of 335 individual animals with satellite data measuring forest ...

As climate change intensifies, scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about how animals will cope with a more unpredictable world. One way to gain insight is by studying how animals have ...

Capuchin monkeys are omnivores whose diet in the wild may include buds, flowers, leaves, seeds, nuts, fruit, and berries; as well as birds, eggs, small mammals, mollusks and arthropods such as insects ...

A 33-year study of white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica found that extreme climate events like El Niño and La Niña can undermine the benefits of large social groups, altering long-standing ...

A 33-year study of white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica has found that climate extremes like El Niño and La Niña can erode the advantages of living in large groups. Normally, bigger groups ...

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 ...

On a remote Panamanian island, researchers have observed for the very first time young male capuchin monkeys stealing howler monkey babies, according to a new study. Since 2017, researchers have used ...

Study published in PNAS by researchers from Brazil and the UK shows that primates from the Brazilian semi-arid biome are able to acquire new knowledge as long as their presence is tolerated by other ...