HABITAT Golden Lion Tamarins live in lowland forests along the Atlantic coast. BEHAVIOUR Golden Lion Tamarins are diurnal creatures that live in family groups of two to 15 individuals. Within the group, only the dominant pair of Tamarins reproduces. Members of each group share a strong social bond. These pint-sized primates typically spend their nights in tree hollows or similar hiding places. NUTRITION Golden Lion Tamarins subsist primarily on fruits. They ...

HABITAT Roloway Monkeys live in the canopy of rain forests and gallery forests along rivers. BEHAVIOUR Roloway Monkeys are diurnal primates that live almost exclusively in the canopy of trees. They form groups of around 15 members, which consist of a dominant male, several females, and their young. A single group can comprise up to 30 monkeys, however. Roloway Monkeys use home ranges of up to 190 hectares. They mark their territory by ...

The journey is an arduous one. Slowly, our car’s plaintive-sounding motor fights its way up the steep and narrow road. Buttercups, dandelions, and poppies bloom off to the side, and lime-green butterflies flutter about in the warm summer air. Suddenly, our driver steps on the brake – hard – just before a hairpin turn. The passenger in the front seat instinctively grabs for the handle above the window. After we nearly scrape...

To have the fortune of staying at NoMad New York is to be spoiled for choice. Or you could just give yourself enough time to savour its various bars, fireplace, atrium, and library! Every last part of the hotel invites you to while away the hours – ideally in the company of a Monkey and Tonic, of course. Before we get ahead of ourselves, however, let's start at the beginning. The No...

Typically served with potato salad – a southern German staple and source of many heated discussions about the ideal recipe Ingredients (serves four) For the Fleischküchle 1 day-old bread roll, torn into crumbs 250 ml milk 1 onion 1/2 clove of garlic 500 g mince (half beef, half pork) 1 tsp. spicy mustard 1 egg 1/2 bunch of parsley 2 stems of thyme Salt, pepper 2 Tbsp. butter 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil For the potato salad 1 kg waxy potatoes 2 small, mild Spa...

HABITAT Members of the Gorilla gorilla species can be divided into two subspecies: the Western Lowland Gorilla (G. gorilla gorilla) and the Cross River Gorilla (G. gorilla diehli). Western Lowland Gorillas live in moist and rain forests, bog forests, and secondary forests at elevations up to 500 metres above sea level. Cross River Gorillas, meanwhile, prefer hilly, craggy lowland and montane forests that are difficult for humans to traverse. They can ...

HABITAT Milton’s Titis live only in a small area of lowland rain forest between the Roosevelt and Aripuanã rivers. The species was discovered just recently in 2010 and described scientifically in 2015. At the time, a WWF expedition seeking to establish new protected areas found its way into a nearly untouched region between the two rivers – the habitat of Plecturocebus miltoni. “These days, an expedition that leads to the discovery of a new s...

Ingredients 5 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 1.5 cl Cointreau 2 cl fresh lemon juice 1 spoon English orange marmelade Orange zest Preparation Stir marmelade and Monkey 47 together until it dissolves. Add the other ingredients and shake everything with ice. Strain it into a chilled Martini glass and garnish it with an orange zest. Cheers!

Ingredients 1,5 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin 1,5 cl Dry Vermouth 1,5 cl Sweet vermouth 1,5 cl Grand Manier 1,5 cl Orangensaft 1 Ds. Orange Bitters Orange Zest Preparation Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled coupette glass. Garnish with a orange zest. Cheers!

The art of distillation goes hand in hand with chasing aromas and rendering them in liquid form – although alcohol is merely the medium, not the actual goal of the process. Meanwhile, the world of spirits is divided into categories rather than sensory components and the possibilities associated with them. It’s a form of conditioning that stands in contrast to our obsession with variety and innovation. Why do distillates and spir...