Could lab monkeys soon become a thing of the past?

Thomas Kuhn, the 20th-century historian of science who coined the phrase “paradigm shift,” had a name for such breakdowns in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Monkey-Nappers! A Group of Capuchin Monkeys Caught on Camera With Abducted Baby Howler Monkeys

Observations of Coiba’s tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior? Vanessa Crooks Caught in the act! Capuchin monkeys ...
Phys.org

Study shows that capuchin monkeys use sticks and stones to dig for food underground

Capuchin using a stick to probe the ground for food. Capuchin Culture Project in Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61243-8 Capuchin monkeys are omnivores whose diet in the wild may ...
ucdavis.edu

Using Genetics to Understand Decision-Making in Monkeys

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 ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Volkswagen apologizes for using monkeys to test diesel fumes

Volkswagen employees issued an apology after a test exposed monkeys to diesel fumes while the company was working on studying effects of the exhaust. "We apologize for the misconduct and the lack of ...
WRAL

Monkey see, monkey 2: Scientists clone monkeys using technique that created Dolly the sheep

For the first time, scientists say they created cloned primates using the same complicated cloning technique that made Dolly the sheep in 1996. For the first time, scientists say they created cloned ...