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.

An animal called a woolly monkey seems like it should live in the ... Woolly monkeys spend most of their time high in the tree canopy. On the rare occasions when they descend to the ground ...

"Our veterinary team, in consultation with the chief animal officer ... to the Smithsonian's National Zoo, the small tree-dwelling monkey is native to South America's tropical forests.

A fearless monkey braves a flimsy branch in a daring gamble for one juicy apple. Perched high in the mountains of China's Chongqing, the tree clings ...

Only a small number of the world’s animals, including lemurs ... cleared and they dispersed into the tree canopy to hunt, a golden-mantled tamarin monkey came ambling down to their feeding ...

A remarkable scene unfolded as a capuchin monkey was observed carrying a small puppy, navigating the upper reaches of a dense ...

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 ...

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 ...