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 ...

The Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden in Evansville is welcoming a new baby black howler monkey. The zoo took to Facebook to ...

My adventure of a lifetime began in 2015 when I was asked to follow the tree-top lives of Costa Rica’s gravity-defying howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata palliata). Image by Justine Allan.

MEXICO CITY--It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 83 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in the ...

An ongoing study of the cause of death of howler monkeys on Barro Colorado has identified the howler monkey bot fly Cuterebra baeri as the single most important factor. Very young monkeys are the ...