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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Animal abduction: Biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys -- a behavior never before seen in wild primates. Rise and spread ...

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 ...

They found that, starting with Joker, four subadult and juvenile male capuchin monkeys had abducted at least 11 infant howler monkeys between January 2022 and March 2023. With no evidence of the ...

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 ...

monkeys, crocodiles, and hippos – to a new location 212 kilometers (approximately 131 miles) away. The animals were relocated from the Ostok Sanctuary in Culiacan, a city in the Mexican state of ...

The capuchins also do not suffer injuries, despite adult howler monkeys being three times their size. Cultural fads spreading among animals is rare but not unheard of. Barrett has previously ...

for the monkeys to feed on. “We have observed the macaques foraging and feeding on the fruit of mature trees such as the sea almond,” said Mr How. “We are also continuing to work with ...