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. - ...

On an isolated island in Panama, white-faced capuchin monkeys have developed unprecedented behavior. A recent study reveals how this social practice spread among young males. The white-faced capuchins ...

By Stephen Beech Capuchin monkeys have been caught on camera abducting the babies of another primate. The "weird" fad, which led to the deaths of several baby howler monkeys, was started by a male ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...

Read full article: ‘Testament to this community:’ Volunteers rally at Daytona International Speedway for SNAP food drive WASHINGTON – A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, ...

Between the Old World, which includes Africa and Asia, and the New World, which includes Mexico and Central and South America, there are well over 200 monkey species. Yet, nearly all species of baby ...

Adorable photos show a trio of endangered baby Barbary macaques cuddling up to their mothers after being born in the tree tops at a UK monkey sanctuary. The cute African monkeys are thought to be only ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, its tiny fingers grasping fur. But they're not related and not even the same species. Scientists spotted surprising ...

(CNN) — At first, behavioral ecologist Zoë Goldsborough thought the small figure seen on the back of a capuchin monkey in her camera trap footage was just a baby capuchin. But something, she said, ...