Monkey News

Posted November 24, 2008:

• When It Comes To What's For Dinner, Baboon Society Is No Democracy

Posted November 18, 2008:

• Why Are So Many Infectious Diseases Jumping From Animals To Humans?

Posted November 17, 2008:

• T Cell-based HIV Vaccine Candidate Demonstrates Positive Results

Posted November 13, 2008:

• Species Diversity Of Enigmatic 'Flying Lemurs' Doubled By New Study

Posted November 12, 2008:

• Stem Cells From Monkey Teeth Can Stimulate Growth And Generation Of Brain Cells

Posted November 5, 2008:

• 'Junk' DNA Proves Functional; Helps Explain Human Differences From Other Species

Posted October 20, 2008:

• New Fossil Reveals Primates Lingered In Texas

Posted October 14, 2008:

• Genome Of A Monkey-human Malaria Parasite
• Despite 'Peacenik' Reputation, Bonobos Hunt And Eat Other Primates, Too

Posted September 17, 2008:

• Why Some Primates, But Not Humans, Can Live With Immunodeficiency Viruses And Not Progress To AIDS

Posted August 29, 2008:

• Unexpected Large Monkey Population Discovered In Cambodia: Tens Of Thousands Of Threatened Primates

Posted August 25, 2008:

• Monkeys Enjoy Giving To Others, Study Finds

Posted August 13, 2008:

• Veterinarians Adapt Human Tests For Monkeys

Posted August 6, 2008:

• Rectal Gel Prevents Transmission Of AIDS-like Virus In Macaques

Posted August 5, 2008:

• Extinction Threat To Monkeys And Other Primates Due To Habitat Loss, Hunting
• Little Teeth Suggest Big Jump In Primate Timeline

Posted August 2, 2008:

• Newly Discovered Monkey Is Threatened With Extinction

Posted August 1, 2008:

• Simian Foamy Virus Found In Several People Living And Working With Monkeys In Asia

Posted July 29, 2008:

• Piecing Together An Extinct Lemur, Large As A Big Baboon

Posted July 24, 2008:

• Parasitic Worm Infections Increase Susceptibility To AIDS Viruses

Posted July 23, 2008:

• New Vaccine May Protect Against All Four Strains Of Dengue Virus
• New Population Of Highly Threatened Greater Bamboo Lemur Found In Madagascar

Posted July 22, 2008:

• Female Monkeys More Dominant In Groups With Relatively More Males

Posted July 17, 2008:

• Great Ape Trust To Provide Home For Entertainment Orangutans

Posted July 9, 2008:

• Big Brains Arose Twice In Higher Primates

Posted July 7, 2008:

• Simian Foamy Virus Found To Be Widespread Among Chimpanzees

Posted June 30, 2008:

• Canine Tooth Strength Provides Clues To Behavior Of Early Human Ancestors

Posted June 24, 2008:

• Evolutionarily Preserved Signature Found In The Primate Brain

Posted June 23, 2008:

• Primate's Scent Speaks Volumes About Who He Is

Posted June 11, 2008:

• The Symbolic Monkey? Animals Can Comprehend And Use Symbols, Study Of Tufted Capuchins Suggests

Posted May 28, 2008:

• Mind Over Matter: Monkey Feeds Itself Using Its Brain
• Family Feuds: Why Close Relatives Keep Their Distance In The Animal Kingdom

Posted May 26, 2008:

• Why Don't Monkeys Infected With HIV-like Viruses Get AIDS?

Posted May 22, 2008:

• White-handed Gibbons Now Presumed 'Extinct' In China, Forest Survey Shows

Posted May 19, 2008:

• First Transgenic Monkey Model Of Huntington's Disease Developed

Posted May 17, 2008:

• Climbing As Easy As Walking For Smaller Primates
• Monkey Studies Important For Brain Science

Posted May 14, 2008:

• It Started With A Squeak: Moonlight Serenade Helps Lemurs Pick Mates Of The Right Species
• Psychological Stress Linked To Overeating, Monkey Study Shows

Posted April 22, 2008:

• Ugandan Monkeys Harbor Evidence Of Infection With Unknown Poxvirus
• Uncovering The Secret Ways Of HIV: The HIV Protein Nef Impairs Blood Cell Development

Posted April 3, 2008:

• AIDS May Partly Be The Consequence Of An Evolutionary Accident

Posted March 31, 2008:

• Vaccine For Ebola Virus Successful In Primates

Posted March 24, 2008:

• Language Feature Unique To Human Brain Identified

Posted March 21, 2008:

• How Humans Make Up For An 'Inborn' Vitamin C Deficiency

Posted March 13, 2008:

• New Satellite Imaging Research Could Save The Lemur In Madagascar

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Non-human Primates Convey Meaning Through Call Combinations

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Understanding Primate Evolution Could Aid HIV Research

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