All Articles Tagged As: monkeys

Syntax in our primate cousins (12/15/2009)

A study carried out in Ivory Coast has shown that monkeys of a certain forest-dwelling species called Campbell's monkeys emit six types of alert calls. ...> Full Article

Rhesus macaque moms 'go gaga' for baby, too (10/12/2009)

The intense exchanges that human mothers share with their newborn infants may have some pretty deep roots, suggests a study of rhesus macaques reported online on October 8 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. ...> Full Article

Monkey brains signal the desire to explore (9/8/2009)

Sticking with what you know often comes at the price of learning about more favorable alternatives. Managing this trade-off is easy for many, but not for those with conditions such as Alzheimer's disease or obsessive-compulsive disorder who are trapped in simple routines. ...> Full Article

Monkeys get a groove on, but only to monkey music (9/5/2009)

A new report by Charles Snowdon, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and musician David Teie of the University of Maryland shows that a monkey called the cotton-top tamarin responds to music. The catch? These South American monkeys are essentially immune to human music, but they respond appropriately to "monkey music." ...> Full Article

New monkey discovered in Brazil (7/8/2009)

Monkey is threatened by proposed dams and other development in region ...> Full Article

Individual primates display variation in general intelligence (6/20/2009)

Researchers demonstrate differing cognitive abilities within a single primate species ...> Full Article

Small evolutionary shifts make big impacts - like developing night vision (5/25/2009)

Minor differences in the timing of cell proliferation can explain the large differences found in the eyes of two species -- owl monkeys and capuchin monkeys -- that evolved from a common ancestor. ...> Full Article

Bolivian rainforest study suggests feeding behavior in monkeys and humans have ancient, shared roots (5/22/2009)

Research in the journal Behavioral Ecology shows spider monkeys and humans have similar ways of controlling their protein intake, suggesting that human susceptibility to obesity might have far earlier evolutionary origins than previously thought. ...> Full Article

Monkeys found to wonder what might have been (5/17/2009)

Monkeys playing a game similar to "Let's Make A Deal" have revealed that their brains register missed opportunities and learn from their mistakes. ...> Full Article

Primate culture is just a stone's throw away from human evolution, study finds (1/15/2009)

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 behavioral traditions from generation to generation, the scientists have gained insight into the cultural evolution of humans. ...> Full Article

Unexpected large monkey population discovered (8/31/2008)

Cambodia conservation area contains tens of thousands of threatened monkeys ...> Full Article

Newly discovered monkey is threatened with extinction (8/1/2008)

Africa's 'kipunji' hovers at 1,100 individuals ...> Full Article

Ugandan monkeys harbor evidence of infection with unknown poxvirus (4/26/2008)

Researchers report this month that red colobus monkeys in a park in western Uganda have been exposed to an unknown orthopoxvirus, a pathogen related to the viruses that cause smallpox, monkeypox and cowpox ...> Full Article

Primatologist discovers new monkey in Amazon (2/7/2008)

A primatologist at The University of Auckland has discovered a new species of monkey living in north-western Amazonia. ...> Full Article

Island Monkeys Do Not Recognize Big Cat Calls (1/20/2008)

Monkeys living on an island without big cat predators do not show any particular alarm when recorded tiger growls are played to them, according to research by a UC Davis graduate student. The pig-tailed langurs do, however, flee in a hurry from the sound of human voices. ...> Full Article