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 ...

After a fallen tree cleared part of the rainforest on the Osa Peninsula ... With the likes of jaguars and howler monkeys in ...

Lisa Corewyn, associate professor in the Department of Biology and coordinator of the anthropology minor at Ithaca College, ...

It’s just after daybreak, and already the forest is alive with hoots and chatter—the deep-throated roar of a howler monkey ... of prime rain forest habitat in eastern Ecuador.

Like that howler monkey. It uses its tail like an extra arm, helping it move from tree to tree. And it's eating a banana. One of over three thousand types of fruit that grow in the rainforest.

However, rapid urbanization and a lack of conservation awareness threaten its iconic species. In Nosara, howler monkeys are paying the price: deforestation, uncovered transformers, and unregulated ...

The guttural call of a howler monkey. The rhythmic clucking ... The dense canopy is the rainforest’s downtown, where most of the species live, sleep, and play. You’ll be doing the same at ...