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

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.

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 ...

Recently, the Groves’ Titi monkeys have been venturing out beyond the boundaries of the Amazon rainforest where they live, ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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.

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 ...