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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 ...

A new study revealed the presence of microplastics in the stomachs of howler monkeys living in a protected area of the Brazilian Amazon. This is the first evidence of plastic ingestion by a ...

Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy bridges have reconnected rainforest fragments that were separated by urban roads.

Ángela Maldonado is a Colombian monkey conservationist and founder and director of the Entropika Foundation, an organisation that works to protect rainforest ecosystems in the Amazon. Maldonado’s work ...