The old "monkey see, monkey do" adage may rest on some neuroscientific evidence, finds a new Yale study. To examine how the ...
A recent study out of Bangladesh confirms a concerning trend in monkey behavior, potentially leading to the extinction of two species of langurs: Phayre's langurs and capped langurs. Mongabay reported ...
South African monkeys switched foods purely because of peer pressure, suggest the results of a study in Thursday's journal Science. "We're not as unique as we would like to think," said lead author ...
A new study has found that chimpanzees may be far from shy bathroomgoers. A team of researchers spent more than 600 hours studying 20 captive chimpanzees to determine that chimps may experience ...
Curiosity drives play: Japanese macaques preferred moderate uncertainty in a touchscreen game, reflecting the Goldilocks principle of optimal challenge. No rewards needed: Some monkeys played nearly ...
Part I. Introduction. 1. Why is it important to continue studying the behavioral ecology and conservation management of howler monkeys? / Martín M. Kowalewski, Paul A. Garber, Liliana Cortés-Ortiz, ...
Introduction / Christina J. Campbell -- Morphology and evolution of the spider monkey, genus Ateles / Alfred L. Rosenberger ... [et al.] -- The taxonomic status of spider monkeys in the twenty-first ...
UC Davis Ph.D. candidate Abigail Morris is studying how environmental factors influence the decisions individual monkeys make when they disperse from their family groups in the Amazon. (Courtesy photo ...