Advocacy aiming to secure the freedom of a capuchin monkey in Kansas has gained traction once again following the creation of more petitions. For the past 18 years, Frankie, a capuchin monkey, has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 used ...

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 ...