Some species of spider monkey living in the Amazon rainforest actively choose to eat fruit infested with larval insects, as a way of introducing more protein into their diet. “Spider monkeys eat ...

The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. So biologist Jenna Lawson hid 350 audio monitors in trees across Costa ...

PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, Costa Rica — The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. So biologist Jenna Lawson hid 350 audio ...

A traffic stop in California’s North Bay area led authorities to search a man’s home and find a spider monkey, rattlesnakes, and over $25,000 worth of methamphetamine. Deputies in Vallejo, about 65 ...

The critically endangered species' habitat continues to be encroached upon. Conservationists said they have obtained the first-ever video of a baby spider monkey birth in the wild as the critically ...

Brown spider monkeys (Ateles hybridus) are some of the world’s most threatened primates, as deforestation has razed about 85% of their habitat in Colombia. With monkey populations living in patches of ...

In a recent incident captured on social media, a spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) made headlines by entering a store in the center of La Cruz, Guanacaste, and snatching a banana. The amusing video ...

Paul Rosolie is an American conservationist and author. His 2014 memoir, Mother of God, detailed his efforts to protect a tract of forest in Peru through his organization, Junglekeepers. In this ...

Texas Border Patrol agents were in for some monkey business early Thursday after they uncovered more than a handful of spider monkeys from a backpack. The person in possession of the spider monkeys ...

Gummy, a spider monkey at Fort Rickey Discovery Zoo in Rome, glided across her enclosure and effortlessly made a beeline for zoo co-owner and animal keeper Rebecca Stedman, who was holding a can of ...

Capuchin monkeys are omnivores whose diet in the wild may include buds, flowers, leaves, seeds, nuts, fruit, and berries; as well as birds, eggs, small mammals, mollusks and arthropods such as insects ...

California Highway Patrol officers were floored by the “next level monkey business” they discovered inside a speeding Rolls-Royce Ghost in Madera County on Monday night: five cellphones, four large ...