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 ...

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 ...

Forest officials visited the areas where the monkey was spotted after Thursday afternoon. Barely did the forest team heave some relief when the langur resurfaced in the Soniwad area of the town on ...

Species like the El Rincon stream frogs, Dinagat moonrat, northern river terrapins, hirola antelope, Bawean warty pigs, vaquita porpoises, and golden langurs face critical endangerment due to ...

KARIMNAGAR: In an effort to control the monkey menace in Karimnagar, residents have photos of langur affixed on their house gates and walls to ward off the monkeys. Some have installed iron grills ...

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