The gray tufted langur was a favorite target for the early humans of Fa Hien Cave in Sri Lanka. USO / iStock Early humans were capable of hunting small mammals like monkeys and squirrels for food, a ...

The feces of mustachioed monkeys helped regenerate parts of the Amazonian rainforest destroyed by humans, scientists believe. An international team of scientists studied an area spanning around four ...

Behavioural ecologists working in Bolivia have found that wild spider monkeys control their diets in a similar way to humans, contrary to what has been thought up to now. Rather than trying to ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense Juruá ...

The higher priority of staying alive on the Capahuari River didn’t leave much extra time for soaking up views or spotting wildlife. In other words, when you are busy calculating how to navigate a ...

The first humans to arrive in Sri Lanka were able to survive by hunting monkeys then making weapons from their bones, scientists have said. The discovery shows these early humans came to thrive in an ...

At least 441 new species of animals and plants have been discovered over the past four years in the vast, underexplored rainforest of the Amazon. The discoveries from 2010 to 2013, include a ...

Performing noninvasive studies of wild animals can be tricky. The task becomes even more challenging when the subject of the study mainly lives in the canopy of the rainforest—nearly 100 feet above ...