JICARÓN ISLAND, Panama, May 20, 2025 — White-faced capuchin monkeys on Jicarón Island, part of Coiba National Park off Panama’s Pacific coast, have been observed carrying infant howler ...

However, since 2022, some of the immature male capuchin monkeys from the tool-using group have been caught on camera carrying infant howler monkeys. Doctoral researcher Zoë Goldsborough of MPI-AB ...

Capuchin monkeys on a remote Panamanian island are abducting babies from howler monkey families, in a first-of-its-kind trend. At first, the researchers thought it was a case of “one individual ...

Young, male capuchin monkeys have started kidnapping the babies of nearby howler monkeys. Why? Maybe boredom.

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.” ...

This is chronologically the first sighting of a white-faced capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant. In the video, a juvenile male capuchin is carrying howler infant number 1 on his chest.

Observations of Coiba's tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior?

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 handful of male capuchin monkeys have been caught on camera abducting babies from another species, baffling the scientists who study them. Over a 15-month period, five male capuchins were seen ...

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.