Capuchin friars in Indonesia 's North Sumatra province want the government to stop activities that threaten the ecosystem of the world’s largest volcanic lake and protect the rights of tribal people.

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 ...

A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys ...

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.” ...

On a remote Panamanian island, researchers have observed for the very first time young male capuchin monkeys stealing howler monkey babies, according to a new study. Since 2017, researchers have ...

Camera traps on Panama’s Jicaron Island show young male capuchins repeatedly abducting baby howler monkeys, a baffling social trend detailed in Current Biology ...

The capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023. “This was very much a shocking finding,” said Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioral ecologist at the Max ...

The scientists nicknamed one capuchin kidnapper Joker because the scar at the side of its mouth reminded them of the "Batman" villain.

Scientists spotted surprising evidence of what they describe as monkey kidnappings while reviewing video from a small island of Panama.

Capuchin culture can be bizarre Prior to these abduction observations, this island population of capuchins was already notable.