Volunteers race to save Mexico's howler monkeys in heat wave

Comalcalco, Mexico (AFP) May 22, 2024

Volunteers are rushing to hoist food and water up into trees in sweltering southern Mexico, but help came too late for the howler monkeys whose lifeless bodies lay still on the ground. Dozens of the primates are reported to have dropped dead from trees in recent weeks, alarming conservationists trying to keep the monkeys hydrated during a heat wave. Victor Morato and his team at a veteri