Woolly monkeys were once considered four species: the gray, Columbian, silvery, and Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkeys. More recent genetic studies suggest there are only two species—the ...

Despite being dubbed the "Australia of America" with its various dangerous critters, monkeys aren't on Florida's list of native animals. However, there are two species you could come across in the ...

The Barbary macaque is a monkey of many distinctions ... and it’s the only macaque living outside of Asia. Other macaque species once ranged from East Asia to northwest Africa; only the Barbary ...

Back in 2004, Kate Detwiler had her binoculars trained on a guenon monkey perched in a tree deep in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park. She was waiting for the monkey to defecate so she could alert her ...

A taxocene, for example, is a subset of species sharing a common taxonomic classification. The monkeys and apes of Kibale National Park is an example of a taxocene: they are classified within the ...

Vervet monkeys are native to a variety of habitats throughout sub-Saharan Africa. There are six species referred to as "vervet monkeys," with slight variations in appearance occur between them.