Category Archives: Monkey Facts & Species

How monkey troops are organised, why grooming matters, how hierarchies form and shift, and what social living demands of an individual monkey.

How monkey habitats work, from rainforest canopy layers and mangrove swamps to savanna woodland and montane forest, and why habitat structure shapes behaviour.

A guide to where monkeys live in the wild, from African savannas and Asian mountains to Amazon canopy, and why they are absent from Europe and Australia.

Which monkeys are the smartest? A look at capuchins, macaques, baboons and vervets, and the evidence used to rank primate intelligence.

From the 100-gram pygmy marmoset to the talapoin of West Africa, here are the smallest monkey species in the world and the adaptations that keep them alive.

Meet the largest monkeys alive today, from the 35-kilogram mandrill and the powerful baboons of Africa to the biggest monkeys of Asia and the Americas.

Where the world’s 250-plus monkey species live, from African guenons and Asian macaques to the tree-dwelling monkeys of Central and South America.

A clear guide to the main types of monkeys, how Old World and New World families differ, and how species are grouped by habitat, diet and activity pattern.