NEW YORK -- A monkey was spotted climbing around inside a tow truck Sunday in the Bronx. Video posted online shows the 3-year-old spider monkey, apparently named Ticky, on Tremont Avenue.

It can support a spider monkey’s full body weight and allows them to hang onto branches, freeing their hands so they can climb, forage, and eat. This animal’s diet consists mostly of fruits ...

I sleep outdoors more nights than I do inside, so I see spider monkeys nearly every day. They come and shake branches at me when I walk the jungle trails. They taunt me when I climb the trees with ...