A monkey descending a tree trunk often keeps its head up, moving almost like a cautious climber backing down a ladder.

Tree-climbing goats look like a viral curiosity, but the behavior is rooted in survival biology. In harsh environments where food is limited, climbing can give goats access to leaves and fruit other ...

Learn about the different ways mammals descended from trees and what this can tell us about early primate evolution.

A new study explains how climbing down trees helped shape upright posture in early primates and changed the course of evolution.

Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their environments, providing insights into the evolution of the distinct upright postures ...

Delaware’s official wildlife animal is not a bird from its coastal marshes or a creature from the Atlantic surf. Instead, it is a small, tree-climbing fox that moves easily between farm fields and ...