Brazil's Atlantic Forest is shrinking, threatening northern and southern muriqui monkeys. Climate change and deforestation ...

Brazil’s gentle muriqui monkeys face massive habitat loss from rapid climate change and deforestation by 2090.

The northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) and the southern muriqui (B. arachnoides) are the two species of the largest ...

VILA VELHA, Brazil, Jan. 20 (UPI) --A recent survey of Brazil's Caparao National Park turned up a rare discovery -- a new group of northern muriqui, one the planet's most threatened primate species.

In 1982, American anthropologist Karen Strier, then 23 years old, visited the forests of Caratinga in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais for the first time. She was immediately captivated by the ...

On paper, the northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) look like a conservation comeback story. Three decades ago, only 60 of the gentle, tree-dwelling primates lived in a fragment of the Atlantic ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two northern muriquis, or woolly spider monkeys (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) peer down from a tree ...

MADISON -- If you are a male human, nothing puts a damper on romantic success like having your mother in tow. If you are a male northern muriqui monkey, however, mom's presence may be your best bet to ...