Rather, the monkey "stayed close to the deer and chased away other male macaques" in a behavior that mirrored the protective practice of mate guarding, the study reports. Aside from the deer ...

A population of non-native macaques lives on Bacan Island ... An alpha male is the preferred mate of females, but his dominance is fragile. Takeovers are often swift and bloodless, and once ...

The rodeo riding of deer by monkeys is rare, but not unheard of. Young male macaques have been seen clinging to female deer and trying to mate with them. In this case, however, the macaque was a young ...

Of two hunky monkeys, which would you say has the most sex appeal? That’s easier to answer if you’re a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)—or Constance Dubuc, an evolutionary biologist at the ...