Capuchin monkeys learn by observing others solve a puzzle for food. Social tolerance and grooming enhance learning.

Wild bearded capuchins use social learning to solve problems, influenced by social tolerance and group dynamics.

Anthropologists and psychologists have studied wild monkeys' problem-solving for food to better understand how social ...

The research team, led by Durham University’s Department of Anthropology, studied two groups of wild bearded capuchin monkeys in Brazil’s Serra da Capivara National Park. The researchers ...

It would take far longer than the lifespan of our universe for a typing monkey to randomly produce Shakespeare, a new study reveals. A monkey randomly pressing keys on a typewriter for an infinite ...

The company’s research work is listed as encompassing participation from “Cynomolgous, Rhesus and Capuchin monkeys for government, university, and private industry clients.” In its initial ...

The sheriff’s department didn’t specify the breed of the fugitive primates, but the company’s website says it works with macaque and capuchin monkeys. It is also not known what trials the ...

A spider monkey belonging to a Dallas-area influencer had a disease caused by malnutrition when police took him from his owner over the weekend, officials said. The monkey, named Jorgie Boy ...

New research I conducted with rhesus macaque monkeys suggests that when it comes to decisions like voting, people are not nearly as rational as they would like to believe. It’s easy to associate ...

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Kitty’s popularity is emblematic of the global craze for cute things. In Japan the phenomenon, known as kawaii, dates back to at least the 17th century, when artists started producing miniatures ...