One morning in 2024, Armando Schlindwein found an orange-bearded monkey on the roof of his farmhouse on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon. Never before had he seen one of the striking creatures emerge ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded wild monkeys in the Amazon contracting human hepatitis B virus (HBV). The ...

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Scientists have detected microplastics in the digestive systems of red howler monkeys living in protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, marking the first evidence of plastic ingestion by a ...

Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy bridges have reconnected rainforest fragments that were separated by urban roads.

You might go for a walk in the forest to disconnect from work and calm your nerves after a busy week. The chirping and calls of birds in the canopy above might be exactly what allows you to relax. But ...

Ángela Maldonado is a Colombian monkey conservationist and founder and director of the Entropika Foundation, an organisation that works to protect rainforest ecosystems in the Amazon. Maldonado’s work ...