Spider monkeys live in fluid social groups that split and reform, allowing information about food sources to spread across the population. By moving between subgroups, individual monkeys help create a ...

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Spider monkeys share “insider knowledge” about where to find the best fruit trees in the forest rather than foraging at random, research has found. The monkeys constantly change their social subgroups ...

IRVING — The future of Jorgie Boy, a spider monkey whose story has gone viral in North Texas, is up in the air as his former owner and an animal shelter fight for custody of the primate. Pets, even ...

A baby spider monkey discovered by the California Highway Patrol this week is in critical condition — suffering from malnourishment, skin and coat issues and an upper respiratory infection. But the ...

Deep in the forests of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a story of animal intelligence and social cooperation has unfolded over the last decade. Researchers studying Geoffroy’s spider monkeys have ...