Up in the forests of northeastern India and Bhutan, you’ll find a rare monkey—the golden langur. With its bright golden fur and calm, shy nature, it’s one of the most unique monkeys out there.

Golden langurs are arboreal primates found in the forests of western Assam and southern Bhutan. They have a golden to cream coat, are herbivorous, and live in social troops.

This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. In India monkey business takes on a whole new meaning. Hanuman langurs are trained in New Delhi to scare off aggressive ...

Six men have been arrested in Vietnam for killing and eating an endangered monkey and live-streaming it on social media. The men, aged 35-59, filmed themselves eating a langur monkey in November ...

Authorities in India's capital, Delhi, are taking steps to scare away monkeys from venues linked to the G20 summit. Life-size cut-outs of grey langur monkeys - which scare smaller monkeys - have ...

The golden langur is listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species ...