They can use this tail as an extra arm to grip or even hang from branches—no Old World monkeys have such a tail. A gripping tail is particularly helpful to howler monkeys because they rarely ...

red howlers can live up to 20 years in the wild, but have become increasingly rare due to hunting and habitat destruction. Yorkshire Wildlife Park is home to the only red howler monkeys in England ...

because they have pathogens that can potentially be fatal for howler monkeys,” he said, stressing they must be rehabilitated and released into the wild. Mr Pozo’s group has set up a special ...

The natural clearing it created offered a place for two researchers to build their off-grid home, surrounded in every ...

The case centered on a gray woolly monkey named Estrellita, who lived as a pet for 18 years before she was put in a zoo and died. Ecuador’s high court ultimately ruled that wild animals have ...