CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Toque macaques operate on a strict hierarchical system that determines everything from mating rights to the order of when you're allowed to feed.

A 150-hectare site near the Kalu Ganga Reservoir in Matale District has been earmarked for Sri Lanka’s first-ever holding centre for Toque Macaques, the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) ...

A toque macaque is pictured in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, Feb. 9, 2026. Sri Lanka is one of the most biodiverse countries in Asia, ...

Farmers have protested against the Sri Lankan government's failure to control the growing population of Toque macaque monkeys, which severely threatens their livelihoods. The farmers say the growing ...

Sri Lankan Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera recently announced that the government is considering a Chinese private company’s proposal to import 100,000 “toque macaque” monkeys from Sri ...

An outsider male macaque has issued a direct challenge to the leader of a toque macaque clan. If he wins, he'll become the new alpha and could decide to murder his ousted rival's offspring. The ...

COLOMBO, April 18 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is considering a proposal by a Chinese private company to export 100,000 endemic monkeys to China, a government minister said on Tuesday, sparking protests from ...

The desperate cries of suffocating monkeys trapped in overcrowded cages have become an unbearable symbol of our failure, a failure not just in wildlife management but in our collective humanity. As ...