Their tree-to-tree locomotion, called brachiation, is how these swingers get around. The spider monkey’s tail is prehensile, which means “capable of grasping.” It is generally longer than ...

A 10-month-old spider monkey at a Florida zoo had to have its arm amputated after it was involved in a freak accident. The incident occurred last week when Sully weaved his arm through mesh-style ...

Entire trees, a hundred feet long and as thick as a school bus ... He pointed out across the river. It was a spider monkey, and she wasn’t doing well. For some reason, she had tried to cross ...