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Pre-Verbal Number Sense Common To Monkeys, Babies, College Kids
February 15, 2009 — Scientists are studying how human adults and infants, lemurs, and monkeys think about numbers without using language. One researcher is looking for the brain systems that support number sense and ... > full story -
Ten New Amphibian Species Discovered In Colombia; Secluded Safe Haven For Frogs As Global Extinctions Rise
February 2, 2009 — Scientists have just discovered 10 amphibians believed to be new to science, including a spiky-skinned, orange-legged rain frog, three poison dart frogs and three glass frogs, so called because their ... > full story -
Huge Population Of Endangered Asian Elephants Living In Malaysian Park
January 17, 2009 — New data released by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Malaysia's Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) reveals that a population of endangered Asian elephants living in a Malaysian ... > full story -
Primate Culture Is Just A Stone's Throw Away From Human Evolution, Study Finds
January 15, 2009 — For 30 years, scientists have been studying stone-handling behavior in several troops of Japanese macaques to catch a unique glimpse of primate culture. By watching these monkeys acquire and maintain ... > full story -
Genetic Variation Cues Social Anxiety In Monkeys And Humans
January 14, 2009 — A genetic variation involving the brain chemical serotonin has been found to shape the social behavior of rhesus macaque monkeys, which could provide researchers with a new model for studying autism, ... > full story -
Evolution Of New Brain Area Enables Complex Movements
January 14, 2009 — A new area of the cerebral cortex has evolved to enable man and higher primates to pick up small objects and deftly use tools. The brain's primary motor cortex turns out to have neighboring "old" and ... > full story -
Defensive Protein Killed Ancient Primate Retroviruses, Research Suggests
January 6, 2009 — Retroviruses are the worst sort of guest. Over eons, these molecular parasites have insinuated themselves into their hosts' DNA and caused a ruckus. The poor hosts can't even be rid of the intruders ... > full story -
Orangutan's Spontaneous Whistling Opens New Chapter In Study Of Evolution Of Speech
December 12, 2008 — An orangutan's spontaneous whistling is providing scientists at Great Ape Trust of Iowa new insights into the evolution of speech and ... > full story -
Blocking Immune Inhibitor Improves Response To HIV-Like Virus, Prolongs Survival In Monkeys
December 11, 2008 — PD-1 is an immune system receptor that hampers the ability of anti-viral killer cells to fight against chronic viral infections, including HIV, HCV and TB. Using an antibody that blocks PD-1, ... > full story -
Dogs Feel Envy, Austrian Study Finds
December 9, 2008 — Dogs can feel a simple form of envy, researchers have found. Compared to a variety of control situations, the dogs reacted differently to unfair reward distribution, as measured by their reaction ... > full story -
New Population Of Extremely Rare Snub-Nosed Monkey Discovered
December 5, 2008 — A new population of the extremely rare Tonkin snub-nosed monkey, so-called because of its unusual and distinctive up-turned nose, has recently been discovered in a remote forested area of northern ... > full story -
What’s Good For The Mouse Is Good For The Monkey: Skin Cells Reprogrammed Into Stem Cells
December 4, 2008 — Scientists have successfully created the first induced pluripotent stem cell lines from adult monkey skin cells. The research, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, demonstrates that the method of ... > full story
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