By Mongabay.com The recent discovery of an injured proboscis monkey near a railway track in Thailand points to the likelihood ...

If Cyrano de Bergerac had been a proboscis monkey, he might not have needed poetry. For this furry primate, found only on the ...

Learn more about these big-nosed monkeys. Find out why scientists think these primates have such outsized organs.

We usually decide how something looks within seconds, and animals are no different. Some species have features that feel ...

Osaka, Japan – The prominent noses of male proboscis monkeys, long thought to be visual signals, play a crucial role in vocal communication, enhancing individual identity. A new study published in the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Proboscis monkeys may look ridiculous to us, but they are in fact perfectly adapted to their swamp surroundings. Their pot-bellied stomachs are ...

The first monkey that acts like a cow has been discovered — one that regurgitates to give its food another chew, just as cattle do. Cows, goats, sheep and other ruminants chew plants, let their meals ...

A 10-year study of proboscis monkeys in Borneo has revealed that forest conversion to oil palm plantations is having a significant impact on the species. (Phys.org) —Researchers from the United States ...