Researchers puzzle over rash of baby monkey kidnappings Young, male capuchin monkeys have started kidnapping the babies of nearby howler monkeys. Why? Maybe boredom.

Scientists studying camera trap footage from Jicarón Island spotted something unusual: a capuchin monkey carrying an infant howler monkey on his back. Now, they’re trying to learn what it means.

Capuchin monkeys don’t generally hang out with their neighbors, the howler monkeys, on Jicarón island off Panama. So the image of an infant howler monkey clinging to the back of a white-faced ...

Capuchin monkeys on a remote Panamanian island are abducting babies from howler monkey families, in a first-of-its-kind trend. The wild population of white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus ...

A baby howler monkey clings to a young adult male capuchin monkey on Jicarón Island, Panama, in September 2022. Brendan Barrett / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior via AP.

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.

By Shreya Dasgupta 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 study00372-0 ...

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.

Capuchin monkeys on a remote Panamanian island are abducting babies from howler monkey families, in a first-of-its-kind trend. The wild population of white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, its tiny fingers grasping fur. But they're not related and not even the same species.

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.