Capuchin monkeys kidnap babies of another species — and the deadly abductions are caught on camera. May 19, 2025 / 12:35 PM EDT / CBS/AP ...

Male golden capuchin in São Paulo Zoo. Image credit: Miguelrangeljr via Wikimedia // CC BY-SA 3.0. Capuchins are a group of small monkeys with long tails that can wrap around tree branches.

Scientists studying footage from Jicarón Island spotted something unusual: a capuchin monkey carrying an infant howler on his back. Now, they’re trying to learn what it means.

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.

Capuchin monkeys caught abducting babies of another species. Study provides first-of-its-kind evidence of monkey kidnappings in Panama. Christina Larson. Monday 19 May 2025 16:05 BST ...

Video footage from a small island of Panama between 2022 and 2023 shows capuchin monkeys carrying at least 11 howler babies, a different species. In the videos, the baby howler monkeys cling to ...

In 2022 and 2023, several male Capuchin monkeys in Panama were spotted with babies on their backs, which is not that unusual in itself. Upon closer inspection, however, biologists noticed that ...

They found that, starting with Joker, four subadult and juvenile male capuchin monkeys had abducted at least 11 infant howler monkeys between January 2022 and March 2023.

Capuchin monkeys don’t generally hang out with their neighbors, the howler monkeys, on Jicarón island off Panama. So the image of an infant howler monkey clinging to the back of a white-faced ...

He describes capuchin monkeys as "chaos agents" that roam through the forest ripping up and manipulating everything in sight, and says they're similar to humans and chimps in many ways.

A monkey who bears a striking resemblance to an old, disgruntled man just can't get laid ... the 19-year-old tufted capuchin has been stuck a “bachelor” for his whole life.

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.