Anna Holzner at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research in Leipzig and her colleagues investigated how use of agricultural habitat affects the survival of infant southern pig ...

The organization calculates that approximately 40 percent of the wild long-tailed macaque population has vanished in the last three generations (about 42 years) and over 50 percent of the pig-tailed ...

Two species of macaque monkeys are involved: the long-tailed macaque, known as kera, and pig-tailed macaque, known as berok or, in Sabah, gebuk. Both species occur in all three regions of Malaysia.

Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among infant southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) in the wild, according to a new study.

Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among infant southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) in the wild, according to a new study ...

In landscapes with more than 60% oil palm coverage, wild boar and pig-tailed macaques were 337% and 447% more abundant respectively, compared to landscapes with very little oil palm. The team ...

image: Female southern pig-tailed macaque with infant. view more Credit: Anna Holzner Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among infant ...

Image by Amy Downes. A pig-tailed macaque searching a palm tree for an unusual meal. As our plane came into land in Kuala Lumpur, the first thing we noticed was the palm oil plantations stretching ...

Unlike northern pig-tailed macaques that split into smaller groups and merge again, stump-tails live in large troops. The two troops that the researcher studied had more than 100 members each.

Image: Pig-tailed macaque looking at the cameras set up by researchers. Pic: Ecological Cascades Lab Image: Pig-tailed macaque family. Pic: Ecological Cascades Lab During the study, the team ...