The immune performance of wild capuchin monkeys declines when the animals experience higher temperatures, and younger monkeys seem to be particularly vulnerable to heat, according to a University ...

Many different creatures in the animal kingdom engage in alloparenting, where they help care for the young despite no ...

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 ...

An Orange County man who stole an endangered ring-tailed lemur from the Santa Ana Zoo actually had his heart set on a monkey ...

These jockeys weigh only 6 pounds and they’re not riding horses — they’re riding dogs. Capuchin monkeys Gilligan and Burt and ...

We also wanted to know whether providing enrichment would change the behavioral profiles of the monkeys, so that they more closely mimicked those of wild tufted capuchin monkey populations.

Pockets Warhol, a capuchin monkey, spent the first few years of his life as a pet in British Columbia. When his owner found it too difficult to take care of him, she reached out for help from ...

Commercially valuable wild species such as scarlet macaws, capuchin monkeys, and green iguanas have been vigorously protected in their habitats. But the new rules are taking the country several steps ...

Find a few examples below. White-faced capuchin monkeys may engage in allonursing, where a female feeds an infant that is not her own. In the wild, capuchins travel with all the young in the ...