'The little baby is doing really, really well. It's nice and active and already crawling over mum' ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new baby howler monkey at the Houston Zoo. Its gender is not yet known. (Courtesy of the Houston Zoo) The Houston Zoo welcomed ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...

A capuchin named Joker started the apparent trend, leading researchers to suspect "there was something a little quirky about him, or that he was kind of lonely in a way.” Reading time 3 minutes A ...

A howler monkey infant, only a few days old, clings to a subadult white-faced capuchin monkey as it uses tools. Brendan Barrett / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior In June 2022, while watching ...

A new baby red howler monkey has joined the family at award-winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park.