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Terrific Trees: Unit Plan [English On-Line] Full Review »
Spider Monkey, any of four species of small New World monkeys characterized by their long, slender limbs and great agility. Spider monkeys occur between southern Brazil and central Mexico. They travel in small bands in forest trees, moving swiftly by maki Full Review »
Aye-ayes are the largest nocturnal primate in the world. They are also the only primate thought to use echolocation, which they use to find grubs up to 2cm deep in a tree. Aye-ayes have a long, coarse coat of black or brown fur, tipped with white. They ha Full Review »
Verreaux's sifaka inhabits deciduous and evergreen forests of Madagascar. They are usually found in areas with large trees. Total body length is 450-550mm. The tail is 432-560mm. The pelage is long, soft, and woolly above but less dense and shorter below. Full Review »
The Tarsier is an unusual mammal that lives in southeast Asia, in rainforests and bamboo forests in the Philippines and Indonesia. The tarsier is arboreal, spending its entire life in trees. It travels by leaping from tree to tree. It even sleeps and give Full Review »
Orangutans are large apes that live in southeast Asia (on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra). These apes mostly live in trees (they are arboreal) and swing from branch to branch using their arms. The word orangutan means "man of the forest" Full Review »
Adult length 2.1 m for large specimen, an average specimen is 1.8 m, fairly slender snake that coils around branches (looks like a cinnamon bun). They have thermosensory pits along the upper and lower labials. Generally, they are a vibrant green in col Full Review »
The emerald tree boa, Corallus caninus, is a green snake with white bands. It lives in trees and shrubs near water (like swamps and marshes in rain forests). It is found in the lower Amazon basin (in Brazil) and in Guyana and Suriname. This snake has a li Full Review »
Of all the members of the Corallus genus, the emerald tree boa probably stands out the most with its brilliant green coloration decorated by white markings. Emerald tree boas are also the most well-known of the tree boas because of their depiction in nume Full Review »
Young snakes are brilliantly colored golden-yellow or brick-red, colors found in native arboreal flowers. The green color of adults helps conceal them amongst the foliage. The tight coil, prehensile tail, and color of these pythons are adaptations allowin Full Review »
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