The leading protagonist in this drama is the Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), a medium-sized monkey found only in Morocco, Algeria and Gibraltar and also known as the Barbary ape for its ...

This story appears in the November 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Barbary macaque is a monkey of many distinctions. It is the only primate, other than humans, north of the Sahara ...

To explore the Barbary macaques’ habitat, you’ll need an Upper Rock Nature Reserve Pass. The Upper Rock Nature Reserve, an oasis for the Gibraltar monkeys, is a large conservation area that ...

Read by Chetna Pandya from the BBC Radio Drama Company. Legend has it that, many thousands of years ago, there was a Barbary monkey who lived in a huge mango tree in Morocco. Close by there lived ...

The leading protagonist in this drama is the Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), a medium-sized monkey found only in Morocco, Algeria and Gibraltar and also known as the Barbary ape for its ...