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Eating Solid Food Early Sets Marmosets on Path to Obesity
April 10, 2013 — Baby marmoset monkeys that began eating solid food earlier than their peers were significantly more likely to be obese at one year of age, scientists have ... > full story -
Rare Primate's Vocal Lip-Smacks Share Features of Human Speech
April 8, 2013 — The vocal lip-smacks that geladas use in friendly encounters have surprising similarities to human speech, according to a new study. The geladas, which live only in the mountains of Ethiopia, are the ... > full story -
Scientists Develop Monkey Model to Study Novel Coronavirus Infection
April 3, 2013 — Researchers have developed a model of infection in rhesus macaques that will help scientists around the world better understand how an emerging coronavirus, first identified in Sept. 2012, affects ... > full story -
Monkey Study Reveals Why Middle Managers Suffer the Most Stress
April 2, 2013 — A study observing monkeys has found that those in the middle hierarchy suffer the most social stress. Their work suggests that the source of this stress is social conflict and may help explain ... > full story -
How Diabetes Drug Delays Aging in Worms
March 28, 2013 — A widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug slows down the aging process by mimicking the effects of dieting, according to a study using worms to investigate how the drug ... > full story -
In Solving Social Dilemmas, Vervet Monkeys Get by With a Little Patience
March 28, 2013 — People could learn a lot from vervet monkeys. When vervets need to work together, they don't tell each other what to do or punish uncooperative behavior. But according to new evidence, they do get ... > full story -
Tarsiers' Bulging Eyes Shed Light on Evolution of Human Vision
March 27, 2013 — After eons of wandering in the dark, primates developed highly acute, three-color vision that permitted them to shift to daytime living, a new study suggests. The findings challenge the prevailing ... > full story -
Lemur Lookalikes Are Two New Species, DNA Says
March 26, 2013 — Scientists have identified two new species of mouse lemur, the saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates native to the African island of ... > full story -
Researchers Discover the Brain Origins of Variation in Pathological Anxiety
March 25, 2013 — New findings from nonhuman primates suggest that an overactive core circuit in the brain, and its interaction with other specialized circuits, accounts for the variability in symptoms shown by ... > full story -
Pavlov Inverted: Reward Linked to Image Is Enough to Activate Brain's Visual Cortex
March 21, 2013 — Once rhesus monkeys learn to associate a picture with a reward, the reward by itself becomes enough to alter the activity in the monkeys' visual ... > full story
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