MEXICO CITY — It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 83 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in ...

Primates possess special anatomical structures in their throats called vocal membranes, allowing for yodeling at higher ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, its tiny fingers grasping fur. But they're not related and not even the same species.

In bewildering new footage a capuchin monkey, the size of a house-cat, is videoed with a baby howler monkey clinging to its back. Neither monkey are related, nor even the same species.

Another primate species on the island are howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata coibensis); their name refers to their loud howls that can be heard up to 3 miles away (around 4.82 kilometers).

Scientists baffled by monkey kidnappings. Capuchins, a house cat-sized monkey found in South America and Central America, were caught on video kidnapping baby howler monkeys - a different species.

For the howler monkeys' sake, he hopes their cameras catch the extinction of this hobby. Because the baby snatchings have got to be hitting the local howler monkey population hard, ...

The capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023. “This was very much a shocking finding,” said Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioral ecologist at the Max ...

Scientists baffled by monkey kidnappings. Capuchins, a house cat-sized monkey found in South America and Central America, were caught on video kidnapping baby howler monkeys - a different species.

Monkey see, monkey do. Although animals do sometimes adopt the young of other species that are lost or abandoned, this doesn’t seem to be the case here, in part because of the sheer number of babies.