From a quick swipe of a banana to elaborate “ransoms” of smartphones, monkey shenanigans have earned these adorable animals a worldwide reputation as mischievous little thieves. Perhaps you’ve seen ...

Wild capuchin monkeys have been kidnapping infant howler monkeys, putting them on their backs and taking them for a ride. The trend, which began with one male, spread to other members of the group, ...

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 ...

Source: Wald1siedel, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Across the animal kingdom, numerous species engage in a behavior known as anointing. This is where animals rub ...

A database about monkey behavior reveals how science is evolving towards a more open, collaborative approach. A database about monkey behaviour reveals how science is evolving towards a more open, ...

Introduction / Christina J. Campbell -- Morphology and evolution of the spider monkey, genus Ateles / Alfred L. Rosenberger ... [et al.] -- The taxonomic status of spider monkeys in the twenty-first ...