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 ...

Howler monkeys in Costa Rica are facing a growing threat from bot fly larvae infestations, and new research points to tourism and land use changes as key drivers. A study by the Awá Science and ...

Alejandro Zúñiga / The Tico Times. Howler monkeys, native to Costa Rica, are increasingly threatened by human activity. Traditionally known for swinging from branch to branch using their tails, these ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peque scratches her head on a wooden branch inside a wired enclosure at a rescue center in Nosara, Costa Rica — small, quiet, and alive, though barely. She was found electrocuted on a power line ...

After a fallen tree cleared part of the rainforest on the Osa Peninsula, two researchers erected a circular plan with an airy viewing deck and oculus framing the canopy. Houses We Love: Every day we ...

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 ...

"To them, a power line is essentially a line of connected trees," environmental consultant Justo Martín Martín said of the dangers facing the monkeys Costa Rica has become one of the first to hand ...

"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.