The spider monkey’s tail is prehensile, which means “capable of grasping.” It is generally longer than the animal’s body and acts as a fifth limb—an adaptation to life in the tree canopy.

Scientists think these outsize organs create an echo chamber that amplifies the monkey’s call ... frequently leaping from tree limbs and hitting the water with a comical belly flop.

Photos show the rescued animal. Photo from Peru’s National ... Officials try to coax the escaped monkey out of a tree in Ica. Photo from Peru’s National Forestry and Wildlife Service Rescuers ...

this time tied to a tree in an open area in Mazkeret Batya, in central Israel. The Israel Nature and Parks Authority, which receives the animal, confirms it is a guenon monkey. These are endemic ...

This makes tree life a good fit ... lot more predators that could prey on this small monkey especially crocodiles and alligators and other animals that frequent swamps. They have been recorded ...

The encounter inspired Schlindwein to launch a reforestation drive to open a corridor for the monkeys to swing tree-by ... Schlindwein's monkey family. Locals say one side of the animals ...