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Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms
Live Science — Males give up their juice rewards in order to ogle pictures of females. Would you pay to see a monkey's backside? I hope not. Monkeys will, and I guess that's okay, though it sounds awfully close to the sort of thing that lands guys in jail here . ...More…
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Mystery of Churchill's WWII Monkeys Solved
Live Science — The Gibraltar macaques are highly social, as any tourist to the British territory knows. Credit: Robert Martin, the Field Museum If you've ever been to Gibraltar, the Mediterranean rock run by the British, you know about the monkeys. Some 200 of ...More…
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Moral Debate: Procedure Risks Making Monkeys More Humanlike
Live Science — Inserting human brain cells into primates is unlikely to make them feel and understand more, but the risk can't be ignored, 22 experts conclude. The insertion of human stem cells into monkey brains runs a "real risk" of altering the ...More…
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Gambling Monkeys Compelled by Winner's High
Live Science — When given a choice between steady rewards and the chance for more, monkeys will gamble, a new study found. And they'll keep taking risks as the stakes rise and dry spells get longer. The research, in which scientists also pinpointed brain ...More…
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Performing Monkeys Could Spread Primate Viruses to Humans
Live Science — A new study warns that performing monkeys in Indonesia carry several viruses that could infect humans during the close contact common to street shows. Scientists have long known that monkeys and other primates can be sources of new viruses that ...More…
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Male Monkeys Fatten Up During Pregnancy, Too
Live Science — Some male monkeys put on extra pounds to store energy to take better care of newborns. A marmoset monkey couple are photographed playing at the National Primate Research Center. Researchers are still trying to understand monkey relationships. ...More…
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Like Monkeys, Babies Know Math
Live Science — After long suspecting weâEURre born with some math sense, researchers have shown infants indeed have some ability to count long before they can demonstrate it to Mom and Dad. After long suspecting we're born with some math sense, researchers have ...More…
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Monkey's Voice Good as Human's for Newborn Babies
Live Science — Straight out of the womb, infants are just as aroused by a rhesus monkey call as by human speech. ST. LOUIS-Straight out of the womb, infants may be just as aroused by a rhesus monkey call as by human speech. Infants are acute listeners. Previous ...More…
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Monkeys Brains Alter to Work Robotic Arm
Live Science — A new study finds a monkey's brain structure adapts to treat a robotic arm as if it was a natural appendage. Scientists have shown in multiple studies that monkeys can manipulate robotic devices with their thoughts. Turns out the thoughts run ...More…
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Even Monkeys Can Be Meteorologists
Live Science — New study reveals monkeys pay attention to the weather when foraging for fruit. Gray-cheeked mangabey feeding on water plants at the edge of a pond in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Credit: Rebecca Chancellor Some monkeys plan for a day of fruit ...More…
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Monkeys Use 'Code Words' to Warn of Predators
Live Science — By mixing their calls, male putty-nosed monkeys keep their group safe and well fed. A male putty-nosed monkey. Credit and copyright: Kate Arnold If you're a putty-nosed monkey and you hear a friend whoop out a loud "pyow" call, you know ...More…
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Sucking Up: Why Monkeys Groom the Boss
Live Science — Scientists have long wondered why monkeys pick dead skin and bugs from a higher-ranking primate. The answer: You scratch my back, I'll watch yours. A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) grooms a family member. Credit: Gabriele ...More…