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Long-tailed macaques given short videos were glued to scenes of fighting—especially when the combatants were monkeys they ...
Scientists found a “large” creature running “rapidly” across rocks in Angola and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Lobón-Rovira, Heinicke, Bauer, Conradie and Pinto (2025) ...
The Rs.81,000-crore mega project planned for Great Nicobar will clear over a million trees, endangering the endemic Nicobar long-tailed macaque. Experts warn that conservation plans cannot mitigate ...
The group said the Nicobar long-tailed macaques, also known as crab-eating macaques, “exhibit an incapability to tolerate high temperature and humidity”, which could worsen with deforestation ...
By Mongabay.com The trade of endangered long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) from Cambodia should be suspended, according to recommendations announced Jan. 14 by the Convention on ...
The trade of endangered long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) from Cambodia should be suspended, according to recommendations announced Jan. 14 by the Convention on International Trade in ...
Trade in long-tailed macaques is lucrative, with each animal worth about $20,000. According to Statistics Canada import records, in August 2024 alone, 680 long-tailed macaques were imported from ...
According to PETA, long-tailed macaque are being imported into Canada from Cambodia under the guise that the animals were not caught in the wild. (Lynn Johsnon) ...
Image | Cambodia longtailed macaque credit Lynn Johsnon Caption: According to PETA, long-tailed macaque are being imported into Canada from Cambodia under the guise that the animals were not ...
The lion-tailed macaque is classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List and protected under Appendix I of CITES. Its population faces threats from habitat loss, fragmentation, and human encroachment.
But that near-miss hasn’t sapped animal welfare groups’ enthusiasm. They’re still trying other strategies to shut down the sale of long-tailed macaques to researchers.