Monkeys constantly observe and evaluate their social environment. It stands to reason that the social and mental abilities ...

On their Indonesian island, crested black macaques are hunted for meat, kept as pets, and threatened by a shrinking habitat.

A study in rhesus macaques demonstrates that transient treatment with envelope-specific antibodies during antiretroviral ...

Japanese macaques from groups hit by a deadly outbreak were more likely to avoid food on feces, even if they had never tested ...

The Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture is home to Japanese macaques, known as the northernmost naturally occurring primates in the world.Referred to as the "northernmost monkeys," the Japanese ...

Proteomic analysis of aging macaques reveals region-specific molecular changes following chronic GCPII inhibition, ...

Macaques that had gotten sick or seen others become ill were less likely to eat a tasty treat that looked like it was contaminated with poop than primates that didn't witness the outbreak—even though ...

Adult macaques aren’t interested in monkeying around when it comes to friendship. According to a recent study in Current Biology, as they age, macaques become increasingly selective about forming new ...

The capacity to grieve for dying loved ones was long considered a uniquely human ability. But now, researchers from Japan have shown that humans are less unique in this respect than once thought. In a ...

Hurricane Maria, which tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, also devastated a tiny nearby island that's home to hundreds of monkeys. All that destruction seems to have transformed the monkeys' society.

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An inherited form of blindness directly comparable to a common inherited optic nerve disease in humans has been discovered in rhesus macaques at the California National Primate Research Center at the ...