In Tanjung Puting National Park, long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) are a fairly common sight along the Sekoyner River. During the late afternoon they can often be seen preparing to roost in the tall trees along the river’s banks. Amongst these riverside monkeys, dwells one group of long-tails that lives around the Rimba Orangutan Ecolodge. These high-profile monkeys have become the center of attention for the Rimba Macaque Project. Having first begun in 1999, the project [...]

  Science Corner   macaques, monkeys, Rimba, by Michael Gumert.