Breaking into a cashew nut can be difficult; but not if you're a monkey. Primates in Brazil are well honed in using stones to break into the nuts and new research suggests they have been doing so for ...

Brazilian capuchins have been monkeying around with stone tools for hundreds of years, Oxford University scientists have discovered. The primates have been observed using stones as hammers and anvils ...

Capuchin using a stick to probe the ground for food. Capuchin Culture Project in Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61243-8 Capuchin monkeys are omnivores whose diet in the wild may ...

Tool-using Capuchin monkeys from Jicarón Island have been captured on-camera carrying kidnapped howler monkey infants. On Jicarón Island, in the Coiba National Park, off the western Pacific coast of ...

From dogs sitting like people to monkeys using tools and cats showing sass, these clips capture animals acting strikingly human like. Equal parts funny, heartwarming, and fascinating, they reveal just ...