Fascinating new video footage captured on a remote island has captured a bizarre new phenomenon - baby monkeys being abducted by another species. The unprecedented craze of so-called 'monkey ...

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

A group of capuchin monkeys has evolved a terrifying new habit on a remote island off the coast of Panama: kidnapping young howler monkeys. What started as an anomaly, a single young man carrying an ...

She found four different instances of the same capuchin, a male who she named Joker, carrying baby howler monkeys. “With everything we found, we had more answers, but also more questions ...

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.

The team from the Max Planck Institute started putting the camera traps on the ground on Jicarón Island in 2017. "These monkeys don't have terrestrial predators, so these capuchins spend the ...

Monkeys on a remote island have shocked scientists with their never-before-seen behaviour. A behavioural ecologist captured a capuchin monkey carrying a small figure on its back on her camera trap ...

A Texas man was sentenced for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys, too young to be separated from their mothers, into Southern California. April 20, 2025.

A Texas man was busted for trafficking vulnerable Mexican baby spider monkeys, who were too young to be separated from their mothers, into San Diego and selling them on Facebook. Sarmad Ghaled ...

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