Capuchin monks are a Roman Catholic religious community, a branch of the Order of Friars Minor — the Franciscans. Their characteristic habits are light brown. Capuchin nuns wear the brown habit plus a ...

A man from Cincinnati, Ohio, has demanded to have his emotional support monkey returned to him following accusations he drugged the animal. Adam Kordes, 34 , had his black-capped capuchin monkey, also ...

A monkey that was injured trying to protect his offspring during a break-in at a Kansas zoo last month has died. Vern, a 32-year-old tufted capuchin monkey at the Wright Park Zoo in Dodge City died ...

Love can be one of life's greatest joys — but it can also be one of the greatest causes of heartbreak and distress, as a famous monkey in China seems to know too well. The Daily Mail reports that a ...

From paintings and photographs to coins and credit cards, we are constantly surrounded by symbolic artefacts. The mental representation of symbols – objects that arbitrarily represent other objects – ...

Over the past 17 years, seven tufted capuchin monkeys at the University of Georgia have given scientists new insights into cognition and behavior not only of primates, but also humans. In spring 2014, ...

A monkey that was injured last month trying to protect his offspring from being taken by an intruder during an apparent break-in at a Kansas zoo has died.Officials at the Wright Park Zoo in Dodge City ...

Like children who complain "no fair," capuchin monkeys throw fits when their companions get better treats. In a new study, envy reared its ugly head if capuchins, primates like us, landed slices of ...