Learn more about these big-nosed monkeys. Find out why scientists think these primates have such outsized organs.

A mosquito has a very finely tuned proboscis that is excellent at slipping through your skin to suck out the blood beneath. Researchers at McGill University recently figured that the same biological ...

Summary: Using high-speed videography and automated computer-vision pose estimation, the research team discovered that ...

Just as when we humans reach for objects, the hummingbird hawk moth uses its visual sense to place its long proboscis precisely on a flower to search for nectar, according to biologists. This is why ...

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Just as humans exhibit right- or left-handedness, moths also have a preferred side on which they place their proboscis when ...

In order to 3D-print really intricate items, you need a really fine print nozzle. Scientists have discovered that instead of going to the time and trouble of building one, you can simply repurpose a ...

When you see this primate’s nose, you know you’re in Borneo, where efforts are underway to restore its habitat By Alex Fox Photograph by Roberto García-Roa Some 150 proboscis monkeys like this one ...

Leaves are one of the most essential components of a proboscis monkey’s diet, and in some cases, getting to the tastiest leaves means taking an enormous leap of faith and crossing crocodile-infested ...

In a redeeming development for one of nature’s most universally denounced pests, researchers from McGill and Drexel Universities have discovered that mosquito stingers might one day be used for ...

A 10-year study of proboscis monkeys in Borneo has revealed that forest conversion to oil palm plantations is having a significant impact on the species. The study led by Cardiff University, Chubu ...