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’ backs, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by researchers shows a baby howler monkey clinging onto a young adult male capuchin monkey on Jicarón Island, ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...

A 33-year study reveals how monkey group size changes survival. Climate, food, and competition all shape how these animals ...

There’s a serious case of stranger danger unfolding on an island off the coast of Panama. A gang of five juvenile capuchin monkeys living on Jicarón Island has started abducting baby howler monkeys, ...

A howler monkey infant, only a few days old, clings to a subadult white-faced capuchin monkey as it uses tools. Brendan Barrett / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior In June 2022, while watching ...

On a remote Panamanian island, researchers have observed for the very first time young male capuchin monkeys stealing howler monkey babies, according to a new study. Since 2017, researchers have used ...

Observations of Coiba’s tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior? Vanessa Crooks Caught in the act! Capuchin monkeys ...

A young male nicknamed Joker was probably the first to start carrying a howler monkey baby on his back for days on end. Then a group of other young males started to copy him. Here a white-faced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Primatologist Susan Perry of UCLA has spent much of the past 35 years studying the complex social lives of white-faced capuchin ...

A 33-year study of white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica has found that climate extremes like El Niño and La Niña can erode the advantages of living in large groups. Normally, bigger groups ...