The Caldwell Zoo announced Tuesday they have three brand new additions to their animal family. ‘The obvious choice’: ...

The new arrival marks an important milestone for Fife Zoo's conservation efforts, as De Brazza’s monkeys are part of a ...

Young male capuchins have developed a strange trend of acquiring baby howler monkeys. It doesn't end well for the babies.

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

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 ...

Capuchin monkeys kidnap baby howler monkeys, shocking scientists. The disturbing fad could be the result of boredom. By Lauren Leffer. Published May 19, 2025 11:00 AM EDT.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

To the point. Animal abduction: On Panama’s Jicarón island, biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys—a behavior never before seen in ...