Part I. Introduction. 1. Why is it important to continue studying the behavioral ecology and conservation management of howler monkeys? / Martín M. Kowalewski, Paul A. Garber, Liliana Cortés-Ortiz, ...

Animal abduction: Biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys -- a behavior never before seen in wild primates. Rise and spread: The ...

Observations of Coiba’s tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior? Vanessa Crooks Caught in the act! Capuchin monkeys ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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.

On a remote, human-free island off the coast of Panama, something strange is going on: capuchin monkeys are kidnapping baby howler monkeys. And they’re not eating them, hurting them, or raising them.

Wild capuchin monkeys have been kidnapping infant howler monkeys, putting them on their backs and taking them for a ride. The trend, which began with one male, spread to other members of the group, ...

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 monkeys, a ...

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.” Reading time 3 minutes A ...

On an island off the coast of Panama lives a population of wild primates with a remarkable culture. White-faced capuchins on Jicarón Island in Coiba National Park use stone tools; and scientists have ...

On Jicarón Island, in the Coiba National Park, off the western Pacific coast of Panama, white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator) are the subject of a long-term observational study that ...

A young male white-faced capuchin monkey carrying a baby howler monkey, caught by a remote camera trap on Jicarón. On an island off the coast of Panama lives a population of wild primates with a ...