Research has shown that these traditional forest-dwelling monkeys assume human-like pleading behavioural gestures while foraging around people, with gestures that involve embracing people’s legs and ...

Female dominance hierarchies form as a result of individual differences in resource holding potential, social processes such as winner-loser effects or coalitions, and ecological conditions that favor ...

Play in nonhuman animals (animals) is a hot topic and there is much on-going comparative research about why play has evolved and how various animals engage in this vital activity (please see, for ...

Asian leaf-eating monkeys cannot taste natural sugars and show no preference for foods flavored with sugars, a new study has found. While these monkeys have the sweet-taste receptor genes needed to ...

Visitors and students have raised concerns about a grey langur frequently seen on the campus of Bhavan’s College and the ...

Depending on your point of view, it's either a blessing or a curse. Some monkeys cannot taste sugar and show no preference for sweet foods. This lack of a sweet tooth may be an evolutionary adaptation ...

Asian colobine monkeys are unable to taste natural sugars, and in fact have a generally poor sense of taste. Biologists found that the receptors on the tongues of colobine monkeys do not function in ...