Monkey News

Posted November 23, 2009:

• New Chameleon Species Discovered in East Africa

Posted November 14, 2009:

• Africa's Rarest Monkey Had an Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms

Posted November 8, 2009:

• Precuneus Region Of Human And Monkey Brain Is Divided Into Four Distinct Regions

Posted November 7, 2009:

• Hormone That Affects Finger Length Key To Social Behavior

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primate Species

Posted October 22, 2009:

• Infants Able To Identify Humans As Source Of Speech, Monkeys As Source Of Monkey Calls

Posted October 13, 2009:

• Like Humans, Monkeys Fall Into The 'Uncanny Valley'

Posted October 8, 2009:

• Rhesus Macaque Monkey Moms 'Go Gaga' For Baby, Too

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Monkeys' Grooming Habits Provide New Clues To How We Socialize

Posted September 17, 2009:

• African Origin Of Anthropoid Primates Called Into Question With New Fossil Discovery

Posted September 16, 2009:

• Scientists Cure Color Blindness In Monkeys
• Monitoring Illegal Wildlife Trade: DNA 'Barcodes' For 25 Hunted Wildlife Species Sequenced

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Evidence Points To Conscious 'Metacognition' In Some Nonhuman Animals

Posted September 8, 2009:

• Monkeys Follow Economic Rules Of Supply And Demand
• First DNA Barcodes Of Commonly Traded Bushmeat: New Tool For Tracking Global Trade In Wildlife

Posted September 6, 2009:

• Monkey Brains Signal The Desire To Explore

Posted September 2, 2009:

• Monkeys Get A Groove On, But Only To Monkey Music
• Discovery Of Novel Genes Could Unlock Mystery Of What Makes Us Uniquely Human

Posted August 29, 2009:

• New Test For Safer Biomedical Research Results

Posted August 27, 2009:

• Primates With Donor Eggs' Mitochondria: Breakthrough Could Help Prevent Some Maternally-Based Diseases

Posted August 22, 2009:

• Key Feature Of Immune System Survived In Humans, Other Primates For 60 Million Years

Posted August 15, 2009:

• Imitation Promotes Social Bonding In Primates

Posted August 9, 2009:

• Ambitious New Strategies Proposed For AIDS Vaccine Research

Posted August 3, 2009:

• People Who Eat Deer And Elk With Chronic Wasting Disease May Avoid Infection Because Of Species Barrier, Study in Monkeys Suggests
• Why We Learn More From Our Successes Than Our Failures

Posted August 1, 2009:

• New Theory On Why Male, Female Lemurs Same Size: 'Passive' Mate Guarding Influenced Evolution Of Lemur Size

Posted July 24, 2009:

• Brain Develops Motor Memory For Prosthetics

Posted July 23, 2009:

• Vaccine Blocks Malaria Transmission In Lab Experiments

Posted July 15, 2009:

• Not Only Dogs, But Deer, Monkeys And Birds Bark To Deal With Conflict

Posted July 14, 2009:

• Swine Flu: H1N1 Virus More Dangerous Than Suspected, Except To Survivors Of The 1918 Pandemic Flu Virus

Posted July 11, 2009:

• On Malaria Struggle, Baboons And Humans Have Similar Stories To Tell

Posted July 10, 2009:

• Reduced Diet Thwarts Aging, Disease In Monkeys

Posted July 7, 2009:

• New Monkey Discovered In Brazil Threatened By Proposed Dams And Other Development In Region

Posted July 2, 2009:

• Successful Initial Safety Tests For Genetically-Modified Rice That Fights Allergy

Posted July 1, 2009:

• New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As 'Ida'

Posted June 23, 2009:

• 54-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains

Posted June 18, 2009:

• Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

Posted June 17, 2009:

• Individual Primates Display Variation In General Intelligence

Posted June 11, 2009:

• Close Social Ties Make Baboons Better Mothers, Study Finds

Posted May 28, 2009:

• 'Glowing' Transgenic Monkeys Carrying Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Pave Way For New Disease Models

Posted May 27, 2009:

• New Extinct Lemur Species Discovered In Madagascar

Posted May 24, 2009:

• Primate Eye Evolution: Small Evolutionary Shifts Make Big Impacts Like Developing Night Vision

Posted May 21, 2009:

• Monkeys Found To Wonder What Might Have Been

Posted May 20, 2009:

• Neurons That 'Mirror' The Attention Of Others Discovered
• Feeding Behaviors In Monkeys And Humans Have Ancient, Shared Roots, Bolivian Rainforest Study Suggests

Posted May 19, 2009:

• Common Ancestor Of Humans, Modern Primates? 'Extraordinary' Fossil Is 47 Million Years Old

Posted May 18, 2009:

• Gene Transfer Technology May Lead To HIV Vaccine
• First Evidence Of SHIV Resistance To Vaginal Microbicide

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