Plus, researchers could hear adult howler monkeys calling back and forth with the infants, who would sometimes try to crawl ...

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

Capuchin monkeys in Panama were filmed carrying howler monkey babies, sparking confusion among scientists. The unusual ...

Scientists have found surprising video evidence of what they call monkey kidnappings – and they’re trying to figure out why.

Jicarón Island is peaceful. It has no predators, and the animals that live there are mostly left undisturbed. But when ...

Some male capuchin monkeys in Panama have started abducting baby monkeys of a different species and carrying them around for ...

A young male nicknamed Joker was probably the first to start carrying a howler monkey baby on his back for days on end. Then ...

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.

"There was one girl, Yoina, who would always carry her small tamarin monkey with her ... the babies cling on when the mother falls dead from the tree. When the mother’s body is collected ...

The mother monkey was reluctant to leave her child even though it was dead. Experts recently observed wild golden monkeys on Qinling Mountain in Northwest Shaanxi Province carrying around dead ...

and three white-faced saki monkeys were found dead at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens on Sunday. A ninth monkey died on Monday after exhibiting unusual behavior. The mammals section ...

Scientists spotted surprising evidence of what they describe as monkey kidnappings while reviewing video from a small island of Panama ... carrying their own dead offspring, though scientists ...