A team of cave divers and scientists have uncovered a new cache of extinct monkey fossils submerged deep within the underwater passages of a Caribbean cave. Forty years ago, only a few well ...

The impact of climate change on invasive species and ecosystems French officials on the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin are seeking ways to battle an invasion of green monkeys, blamed for ...

While all types of ancient remains are valuable to science, teeth— protected by enamel, the hardest substance in the body—are more likely to survive the ravages of time, pressure, and erosion. In fact ...

By studying rare fossils of jaws and other skull parts of a long-extinct Caribbean monkey, a team of researchers that includes a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professor says it has ...

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.

Study of monkey fossils found in cave sheds light on the animals' extinction centuries ago Findings about their lives and deaths may inform efforts to conserve dwindling species Date: October 2 ...

Male capuchin monkeys on a Panamanian island were documented carrying around infant howler monkeys for no clearly discernible reason.

Florida isn't a fan of the monkey business that's been going on for decades. Despite the reports of wild monkeys lately, they are an invasive species.

The soundtrack, Nolan says, is always the soft tambourine rattle of the seeds being raked. Mona monkeys are one of the only monkey species in the Caribbean.

A team of cave divers and scientists have uncovered a new cache of extinct monkey fossils submerged deep within the underwater passages of a Caribbean cave. Forty years ago, only a few well-preserved ...

The opportunity to study this many fossils of South American and Caribbean monkeys is rare, Cooke says. Only one other species of extinct South American monkey, Homunculus patagonicus (a long extinct ...