Toque macaques are known for raiding crops and houses, intensifying animal-human conflict in many parts of Sri Lanka. Image courtesy of Rukmal Ratnayake. As the controversy grew, ...

While the toque macaque, which is endemic to Sri Lanka, features in the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list of endangered animals, it is not a protected species in Sri Lanka.

The first record of albino grey langur (Semnopithecus priam) from Katagamuwa, Yala National Park and endemic toque macaque (Macaca sinica) from Minneriya National Park in Sri Lanka. World News of ...

The toque macaque, a monkey species native to Sri Lanka, is estimated to be booming on the island with a population roughly between 2 and 3 million and going strong.

Toque macaques mainly eat fruit, but will also eat flowers, new leaf shoots, tubers, insects and the occasional small vertebrate. They also adapt easily to human foods. As farming has increased in ...

Sri Lanka has scrapped plans to export 100,000 endangered toque macaque monkeys to China, the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka, one of the 30 petitioners who went to court ...

The Sri Lankan government’s plan to send 100,000 toque macaques to China has been frowned upon by animal rights groups, conservationists and the nature-loving fraternity.

Meet six baby animals from across the globe. Follow along as they experience joy and hardship, confront near-daily adversities, navigate their habitats, and overcome challenges in their first year ...

The government is ready to take up the discussion again on exporting Toque Macaque monkeys to China as one solution to the monkey menace, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation ...