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 the vicinity, the central courtyard offers a calm space in the midst ...

Use the PBS program The Living Edens: "Manu, Peru's Hidden Rain Forest" as a resource (If you ... are all addressed in the program (Example: Howler Monkeys: The calls of howlers can be heard ...

The guttural call of a howler monkey. The rhythmic clucking of a macaw. The throaty burps of a tree frog. It sounds like the ...

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.

The primates play a critical role as seed dispersers and their declining population poses a serious threat to the delicate rainforest ecosystems they call home. Only 100,000 Howler monkeys remain ...