The fruits monkeys love most, from figs and palm fruits to wild berries, why ripeness and colour vision matter, and why figs are the keystone of tropical forests.
Category Archives: Monkey Facts & Species
Educational guides to monkey species, habitats, behaviour and biology.
What do monkeys eat? Fruit, leaves, seeds, insects, gum, eggs and small animals. A complete guide to monkey diets, digestion, foraging and feeding myths.
Mountain monkeys and how they survive altitude: geladas, snub-nosed monkeys, Japanese macaques, Barbary macaques and the adaptations that make cold highlands liveable.
How monkey social hierarchy works: alpha males, matrilineal female rank, grooming as currency, coalitions, reconciliation and the real health costs of low status.
Why monkeys swing, leap and run through trees: the anatomy behind canopy travel, which species truly brachiate, and how prehensile tails change the mechanics.
Monkey play behavior explained: the types of play, the play face signal, how play builds motor and social skills, and why loss of play signals poor welfare.
Monkeys live in groups for predator protection, food defence and infant care. Learn the four main group types, the costs of group living and why size varies.
Monkeys throw sticks, fruit and faeces for defence, display, frustration and communication. Here is what research says about why, and what to do if it happens to you.
Tamarin monkey guide covering the emperor, golden lion, cotton-top and saddleback tamarins, their size, claws, twin births and cooperative infant care.
Proboscis monkey facts: why males have huge noses, how they swim with webbed feet, their leaf-fermenting pot belly, mangrove habitat and endangered status.