Scientists spotted surprising evidence of what they describe as monkey kidnappings while reviewing video footage from a small ...

The scientists nicknamed one capuchin kidnapper Joker because the scar at the side of its mouth reminded them of the "Batman" ...

Observations of Coiba's tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the ...

Capuchins are also known for developing odd social rituals across their range. Scientists studying mainland populations have ...

Scientists on Panama's Jicarón Island were mystified by photos and videos of young male capuchins carrying howler monkeys on their backs for days at a time ...

A rare cultural behavior spreads among young male capuchins and baby howlers, raising questions about animal traditions and ...

White-faced capuchin monkeys on Jicarón Island, part of Coiba National Park off Panama’s Pacific coast, have been observed ...

Male capuchin monkeys on a Panamanian island were documented carrying around infant howler monkeys for no clearly discernible reason. By Elizabeth Landau Capuchin monkeys don’t generally hang ...

Barett said, when they saw a member of the capuchin group carrying a howler monkey on its back, it was really surprising. Initially, they thought the howler capuchin was a one-off pair, then they saw ...

In 2022 and 2023, several male Capuchin monkeys in Panama were spotted with babies on their backs, which is not that unusual ...

A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys ...

At first, behavioral ecologist Zoë Goldsborough thought the small figure seen on the back of a capuchin monkey in her camera trap footage was just a baby capuchin. But something, she said ...