Science news articles about 'spider monkeys'

... habits. She followed 15 individual monkeys (7 adult males, 8 adult ... identical to humans, which are omnivores. What spider monkeys and humans have in common is that they tightly regulate their daily ...

Wild spider monkeys now have a new tool under their proverbial belt: a body scratcher that may release medicinal compounds, according to a study published in the latest issue of the journal Primates.

... different types of mammals: new world monkeys (including marmosets, tamarins and spider monkeys), possums, and ground squirrels (including marmots, prairie dogs and chipmunks). Ms Cooper and her ...

... Endangered in Colombia, and four species of monkeys, including Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), Geoffroy's tamarin or red crested bare-faced tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi), white- ...

... (Lagothrix lagotricha) in Colombia, Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), which was studied on Barro Colorado ... would explain why the fruit-eating monkeys showed a delayed response to the El Niñ ...