Their remarkable vocal ability is thanks to thin vocal cord membranes located above the vocal folds in the larynx.

The species in question was thought to have ... or platyrrhine primates — five families of flat-nosed monkeys found in South America and Central America today — were the first.

The Central American spider monkey’s diet requires a ... using up 20 to 60 percent of the land in the species’ home region, which runs from Mexico south to Panama. It’s now one of the ...

Lisa Corewyn, associate professor in the Department of Biology and coordinator of the anthropology minor at Ithaca College, ...

A new study suggests that when it comes to yodelling, you might be better taking notes from a monkey. Yodelling is a singing ...

Howlers are New World monkeys found in tropical Central and South America. They are aptly named ... Unlike Old World monkeys, howlers and other New World species have wide, side-opening nostrils ...

Marmosets and tamarins are small (250-500 g) South American monkeys of the family Callitrichidae. They are forest living species with squirrel-like locomotion and, unlike typical monkeys, most of the ...

The third episode of Seven Worlds, One Planet focuses on the most species-rich continent on Earth - South America. The episode shows how some of the continent’s wildlife have developed unique ...

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Several species of South American monkeys are capable of yodelling – and they do it far better than humans. This remarkable vocal ability is thanks to thin vocal cord ...