Arboreal animals have evolved to thrive in treetop environments. Discover these 10 of them who live their lives on trees.

Animal tails come in all shapes and sizes and serve many purposes, from balance and communication to defense and mating ...

Far up a giant Amazon jungle tree, a large howler monkey walked among the branches. As it stepped from branch to branch, its long tail would wrap around a convenient trunk providing extra stability.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Silly Safaris introduced Carlos, a Kinkajou, highlighting the animal’s traits and behaviors. Kinkajous are often mistaken for monkeys but are a part of the raccoon family, native ...

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Did you know that even though hawks and falcons look alike, they aren’t even closely related? Have you ever wondered why opossums and some monkeys have prehensile tails? During Lake Metroparks’ “Fun ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Director James Cameron's "Avatar" movies are populated by a species of outsized blue beings resembling humans, except with tails. So why does our species lack a tail, ...

An exceptionally rare porcupine fossil skeleton found in Florida has helped to resolve a long-standing evolutionary mystery. The research, published in the journal Current Biology, sheds new light on ...

AND WE ARE BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN FANTASY AND REALITY, REPTILES. AND THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE TO DINOSAURS IN THIS DAY AND AGE. OKAY. AND SO A FAMILY OF SKINKS FOUND THEIR HOME AT THE ORLANDO ...

If you love the work of Kelly Link, you owe it to yourself to check out “Six From Downtown,” a collection of six vignettes about despair and alienation by Philippine writer Dean Francis Alfar. Plus, a ...