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A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys’ backs, but the ...

A capuchin named Joker started the apparent trend, leading researchers to suspect "there was something a little quirky about him, or that he was kind of lonely in a way.” Reading time 3 minutes A ...

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’ infants for ...

Observations of Coiba’s tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior? Vanessa Crooks Caught in the act! Capuchin monkeys ...

Camera trap footage from Jicarón Island revealed a male capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant on its back. Now, scientists are trying to understand what's driving this kidnapping behavior. - ...

Here's a look at which neighborhoods could see a light freeze tomorrow morning. WASHINGTON – A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, its tiny fingers grasping fur. But they're ...

On Panama’s remote Jicarón Island, researchers have documented a baffling behavior: capuchin monkeys carrying baby howler monkeys. Captured on motion-triggered cameras, the phenomenon has no clear ...

A young male white-faced capuchin monkey carrying a baby howler monkey, caught by a remote camera trap on Jicarón. On an island off the coast of Panama lives a population of wild primates with a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby howler monkey clung ...