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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now, the monkeys have taken their shenanigans a step further. They have been caught doing something that scientists had never seen ...

Male capuchin monkeys on a Panamanian island were documented carrying around infant howler monkeys for no clearly discernible reason. By Elizabeth Landau Capuchin monkeys don’t generally hang out with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by researchers shows a baby howler monkey clinging onto a young adult male capuchin monkey on Jicarón Island, ...

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 ...

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Why are capuchin monkeys kidnapping howler monkey babies in Panama? We investigate this bizarre case of primate abduction with researchers working with the Smithsonian to get to the bottom of this ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...

A young male nicknamed Joker was probably the first to start carrying a howler monkey baby on his back for days on end. Then a group of other young males started to copy him. Here a white-faced ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) --A capuchin monkey escaped from a North Carolina zoo and was caught on camera walking across utility lines in Iredell County. Iredell County Animal Services issued a public notice ...