Male capuchin monkeys on a Panamanian island were documented ... extraordinary measures to keep him from becoming reliant on humans, including donning masks and vintage fur coats.

Capuchin monkeys are mainly known for their intelligence and resourcefulness. However, scientists have come across a strange, new behavior among the primates: child abduction. Per Smithsonian ...

Capuchin monkeys on a remote Panamanian island are abducting babies from howler monkey families, in a first-of-its-kind trend. At first, the researchers thought it was a case of “one individual ...

Barrett and Goldsborough said they hope this new behavior fades away, much like fads among humans come and go. Or perhaps the howler monkeys will catch onto what’s happening and adapt their ...

As they played back more of the recorded videos, the scientists realized they were observing a new social tradition among young male capuchins: abducting baby howler monkeys. The kidnapped howlers ...

He describes capuchin monkeys as "chaos agents" that roam through the forest ripping up and manipulating everything in sight, and says they're similar to humans and chimps in many ways.

The capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023, researchers said Monday. "This was very much a shocking finding," said Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioral ...

AP PARIS: A new trend is catching on among bored young male capuchins: kidnapping baby howler monkeys, in what scientists say is the first time animals have been recorded stealing another species ...

Over the course of 15 months, these five capuchins carried 11 different howler monkeys for up to nine-day periods. The camera footage showed the howler babies clinging to the backs or bellies of ...

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The capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023.