monkeys

A combination of public opposition, intense regulations, and rising costs in the EU make conditions in China and elsewhere attractive for studying monkeys.

Humans might also inherit such brain changes, a new study suggests.

The results could lead to a treatment to lower cholesterol in patients with hypercholesterolemia.

Researchers studying macaques in Morocco find that socialization improves the monkeys’ odds of surviving the winter. 

A study finds two species of guenon monkeys in Tanzania have been mating and producing fertile offspring for generations.

The finding suggests corvids may have an innate sense of number.

The male proboscis monkey’s large nose probably evolved in response to female preference and competition between males.

News reports reveal that Volkswagen, Daimler, and BMW funded the organization that conducted the studies.

A scientist confirms a new species of patas monkey in Ethiopia.

Optogenetic stimulation of the perirhinal cortex can cause macaques to process never-before seen-objects as familiar and known objects as brand new.

A novel contrast agent made up of tiny iron oxide nanoparticles can label blood vessels, and highlight adverse events such cerebral ischemia, in dogs and monkeys. 

In tissue samples from rhesus macaques, researchers find the virus in the same immune-privileged sites where Ebola has been found to persist in humans.

Researchers could reconstruct the faces a monkey saw from the patterns of neuronal activity in a certain area of the brain.

For the first time, researchers have documented interspecies sexual behavior between a male Japanese macaque and a female sika deer.

After a heart attack, monkeys given induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes show more regeneration in the organ, but with risks.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

A spate of howler monkey deaths in Nicaragua, Panama, and Ecuador has researchers scrambling to identify the cause.

What's killing howler monkeys in the jungles of Central America?

The viral strain scientists isolated from two nonhuman primates is identical to the one circulating among humans.