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Foraging Baboons Are Picky Punters: Baboon Foraging Choices Depend on Their Habitat and Social Status
September 13, 2012 — Baboons choose which tree to find food in and who to take foraging, just like humans decide where to shop and who to go shopping ... > full story -
Neural Implant Recovers Ability to Make Decisions, Monkey Study Shows
September 13, 2012 — Researchers have taken a key step towards recovering specific brain functions in sufferers of brain disease and injuries by successfully restoring the decision-making processes in monkeys. By placing ... > full storyMore: -
New African Monkey Species Identified: Lesula Found in One of Congo's Last Biologically Unexplored Forest Blocks
September 12, 2012 — Researchers have identified a new species of African monkey, locally known as the lesula. This is only the second new species of African monkey discovered in the last 28 ... > full story -
Why an AIDS Vaccine Has Been So Difficult to Develop
September 9, 2012 — New research explains a decades-old mystery as to why slightly weakened versions of the monkey AIDS virus were able to prevent subsequent infection with the fully virulent strain, but were too risky ... > full story -
Genome of Malaria-Causing Parasite Sequenced: Even When on Different Continents, Organism Features Same Mutations
September 6, 2012 — Scientists have discovered that the parasite that causes the most common form of malaria share the same genetic variations -- even when the organisms are separated across continents. The discovery ... > full story -
Animal Study Finds Anti-HIV Vaginal Ring Can Prevent Virus Transmission
September 5, 2012 — Scientists have found that a vaginal ring releasing an anti-HIV drug can prevent the transmission of SHIV in macaques. This study provides the first efficacy data on the delivery of a microbicide ... > full story -
Reciprocity an Important Component of Prosocial Behavior: Scorekeeping of Past Favors Isn't, However, a Factor
September 3, 2012 — While exchanging favors with others, humans tend to think in terms of tit-for-tat, an assumption easily extended to other animals. As a result, reciprocity is often viewed as a cognitive feat ... > full story -
Calorie Restriction Does Not Affect Survival: Study Of Monkeys Also Suggests Some Health Benefits
August 30, 2012 — Scientists have found that calorie restriction -- a diet composed of approximately 30 percent fewer calories but with the same nutrients of a standard diet -- does not extend years of life or reduce ... > full story -
Studying How Diseases Spread in Primates May Help Predict What Diseases Will Emerge in Humans
August 27, 2012 — A new study has investigated how diseases are shared among species of primates with a view to predicting what diseases may emerge in humans in the future. The findings aim to help in the fight ... > full story -
Primate of the Opera: What Soprano Singing Apes on Helium Reveal About the Human Voice
August 23, 2012 — Have you ever heard an opera singing ape? Researchers in Japan have discovered that singing gibbons use the same vocal techniques as professional soprano singers. The study explains how recording ... > full story
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