This prehensile-tailed skink reveals why it is commonly called a monkey tail skink. Native to the Solomon Islands in the ...

Far up a giant Amazon jungle tree, a large howler monkey walked among the branches. As it stepped from branch to branch, its long tail would wrap around a convenient trunk providing extra stability.

The monkey puzzle tree has thick branches covered with sharp, triangular leaves. The leaves overlap like tiles and give the tree an armoured appearance. Even the trunk and older branches may remain ...