Dawn is yet to break when primatologist Susan Perry and her field research team move through Costa Rica’s tropical dry forest ...

A landmark court ruling has ordered Costa Rican authorities to address a growing wildlife crisis after hundreds of animals, particularly howler monkeys, were electrocuted on power lines. The case ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "She was found electrocuted with her mom, who was dead when we found her," Sánchez recounted to the outlet. "Her tail and hands ...

A handful of monkey droppings scattered across a Costa Rican forest has helped scientists estimate how fast wild animals are ...

Costa Rica is known and loved for its one-of-a-kind nature and wildlife. However, rapid urbanization and a lack of conservation awareness threaten its iconic species. In Nosara, howler monkeys are ...

The research group from the University of Costa Rica (UCR), led by Dr. Óscar M. Chaves, has been investigating the unusual coloration in howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) from 2021 to 2023. Typically ...

Electric shock is one of the biggest causes of death among wildlife in the country but a court ruling is a first step to making power lines safe Peque, a small black howler monkey, scratches her head ...

Quiet on the tee? The howler monkeys weren’t having it. Hidden in the canopy above me, the loudest mammals on the planet were holding forth in full-throated violation of golf etiquette: primates with ...

"To them, a power line is essentially a line of connected trees," environmental consultant Justo Martín Martín said of the dangers facing the monkeys Charlotte Phillipp is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

Costa Rica is taking the issue of animal power line electrocutions head-on. "She was found electrocuted with her mom, who was dead when we found her," Sánchez recounted to the outlet. "Her tail and ...