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 ...

and the monkey was trying to find an escape route for its family. The encounter inspired Schlindwein to launch a reforestation drive to open a corridor for the monkeys to swing tree-by-tree back ...

A banana tree was uprooted by the storm and washed to the shore by flash floods. When the tortoise found out, he called the monkey to help him carry the tree back. The monkey saw the banana and ...