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 ...

Thirteen million years ago, a group of medium-sized monkeys known for guarding their territory among the treetops with fearsome "howls" started doing something new. These monkeys, among the oldest ...

13.3-million–13.6 million-year-old fossils from an extinct relative of the howler monkey show signs of being the first leaf-eating primate in South and Central America. Fossils from jaws of Stirtonia ...