Monkeys

Not only is alcohol consumed widely in nature, it may have played a role in human evolution.

In matters of grooming and moving, these primates defer to the ladies.

Life finds a way, from the bats that haunt and hunt in a majestic library to a bird sanctuary in one of the most dangerous places in the world.

From playing tag with sea lions to holding hands with an orangutan.

Putting the wild in wildlife.

But proving the “drunken monkey” hypothesis has been an exhausting—and messy—endeavor.

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The science of controlling marauding, sacred monkeys, from the new book by best-selling author Mary Roach.