The Maya — a civilization that spanned much of Central America and southern Mexico for hundreds of years — revered the howler monkey as a mischievous deity and the patron of artisans ...

Biologists have documented white-faced capuchin monkeys on Panama’s Jicarón Island abducting and carrying infant howler monkeys, a previously unseen behavior in wild primates, according to a study ...

Researchers found capuchins on Jicarón Island abducting baby howlers, raising questions about primate behavior and cultural ...

Additionally, howler monkey moms give birth only once every ... a primatologist at Veracruzana University in Mexico who studies Mexico’s mantled howler monkeys and was not involved in the ...

Additionally, howler monkey moms give birth only once every two years ... It’s an odd behavior for male primates, said Pedro Dias, a primatologist at Veracruzana University in Mexico who studies ...