“The capuchin monkeys have dark fur and light face, and this [baby] had lighter fur and a dark face.” The only other primates on the island are howler monkeys, and this infant’s coloration ...

While the capuchin named Joker seemed to take a caring and affectionate stance towards the babies, the other capuchins that copied him seemed largely indifferent to the infants they carried, and ...

On Jicarón Island, a lush patch of tropical forest floating off the coast of Panama, something strange is unfolding in the treetops. A gang of young white-faced capuchins, clever monkeys already ...

Camera traps caught Joker, nicknamed for the scar on his face, and other male white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) carrying kidnapped howler monkey infants on their backs.

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 ...

Face the Nation Sunday Morning ... The capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023, researchers said Monday.

Capuchin monkeys on a remote Panamanian island are abducting babies from howler monkey families, in a first-of-its-kind trend. The wild population of white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus ...

Howler infant number 5 on the back of a juvenile capuchin carrier, who is using stone tools at an anvil site in a stream bed. CREDIT: Brendan Barrett / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. Get ...

Baby capuchins are rarely harmed during these sessions, which typically end when the baby gets hungry and starts calling for mom. A young male capuchin carries one of the abducted howler infants ...

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