Female putty-nosed monkeys use calls just to recruit males when certain predators are detected Results suggest that different “dialects” exist among different populations of monkeys…
When humans look out at a visual landscape like a sunset or a beautiful overlook, we experience something — we have a conscious awareness of…
Humans continuously observe and evaluate interactions between third parties to decide with whom to interact in the future. But it is difficult to measure what…
It’s not a coincidence that dogs are cuter than wolves, or that goats at a petting zoo have shorter horns and friendlier demeanors than their…
Study shows Old World monkeys combine items in speech — but only two and never more, unlike humans. The utterances of Old World monkeys, some…
Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, have been enjoying regular baths in the hot spring at Jigokudani in Japan for decades – and have…
A newly published study from Yale University shows that although Capuchin monkeys exhibit a number of irrational behaviors similar to humans, the monkeys aren’t fooled…
A newly published study describes Lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis), a recently discovered monkey species living in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Researchers…
A cocktail of three antibodies has been able to cure monkeys infected with the Ebola virus if administered 24 hours or more after exposure. This…
The male-sex determining Y chromosome is here to stay, having lost only one gene in the last 25 million years, a new study of human…
Researchers rediscovered Miller’s grizzled langur in Borneo’s jungles, which was feared extinct, in the rain forest preserve of Wehea, located 90 miles west of the…
Who wins when small monkey groups have territorial disputes with larger groups? The answer is small monkey groups. Smaller groups may be more likely to…