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

Monkey-Nappers! A Group of Capuchin Monkeys Caught on Camera With Abducted Baby Howler Monkeys. Observations of Coiba’s tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant ...

A young male capuchin named Joker may just be the world’s first primate influencer. But the trend he started—abducting babies belonging to a separate species—has deadly consequences.

In bewildering new footage a capuchin monkey, the size of a house-cat, is videoed with a baby howler monkey clinging to its back. Neither monkey are related, nor even the same species.

Capuchin monkeys caught abducting baby howlers. Cameras on a remote island in Panama captured the origin and spread of a bizarre “fad” May 19, 2025. Behavioral Biology. A young male white-faced ...

Monkeys Kidnapping Monkeys (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior) The videos recorded a few instances of young capuchin males still carrying howler babies that had died, likely from starvation.

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, ... The capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023.

Video footage shows male capuchin monkeys carrying at least 11 howler monkey babies between 2022 and 2023. ... WASHINGTON — A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, ...

Violeta the baby spider monkey is beginning a new chapter at the Oakland Zoo after she was rescued by authorities during a methamphetamine bust in Solano County.