The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States, reveals that yellow-breasted capuchin monkeys in Brazil inadvertently produce sharp stone ...

Over 30 million years ago, monkeys crossed the Atlantic on rafts. Researchers believe they made the 1,000-mile journey on ...

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What is a woolly monkey? An animal called a woolly monkey seems like it should live in the frozen north, not the sweltering Amazon Basin. But the thick coat of fur covering these large primates ...

A Brazilian biologist is now working to make the rainforest safer for the many primate species that call it home, CNN ...

Golden-bellied capuchins are usually found in humid forests, but some populations appear to have adapted to life in drier habitats with the help of stone tools ...

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Brazil's Health Ministry Monday launched an awareness campaign on monkeypox, to inform the population about transmission, contagion, and symptoms of the malady. Under the motto “Monkey Pox: Get ...