Researchers have discovered a weird, new behavior among capuchin monkeys, and it involves kidnapping howler monkey infants.

A gang of young white-faced capuchins, clever monkeys already known for inventing the use of stone tools, has taken to ...

A group of white-faced capuchins on a remote island have started stealing infants from another primate species, and ...

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Plus, researchers could hear adult howler monkeys calling back and forth with the infants, who would sometimes try to crawl away. Camera footage showed one occasion when an adult howler came and tried ...

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Over 15 months on Jicarón Island, researchers saw five capuchin juveniles abduct 11 endangered howler monkey infants — all for no clear purpose.

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A small island off the coast of Puerto Rico, known as Monkey Island, is home to nearly 2,000 Rhesus macaques. In 2017, ...

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