Monkeys

Monkeys pet dogs and play with pigs: Clues to the evolutionary roots of bonding with pets

Monkeys pet dogs and play with pigs: Clues to the evolutionary roots of bonding with pets

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An international review of 427 interactions between primates and animals of other species found play, grooming, carrying and handling that crossed species boundaries. The researchers emphasize that this is not evidence of "pets" in monkeys, but
Behumi and Bell mother and daughter credit David Omer's laboratory

Monkeys mark each other with names and open a new window for understanding the development of human language

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Groundbreaking research reveals that marmosets mark each other by name using unique calls, an ability that until now was thought to be the exclusive preserve of a limited number of species. The findings provide new insights
A long-tailed macaque with a plastic cup in Singapore. Almost wherever there are people, there is also plastic. Photo: Amos Chua

What happens when plastic reaches the forests and what does it have to do with monkeys?

Two chimpanzees are in a zoo. Photo: shutterstock

The chimpanzees go free

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A hooded sweatshirt inserts a stick into its nose. Screenshot from a YouTube video by the Science website

Picking your nose in the name of science

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The monkey named Fargam is the second monkey sent into space by Iran. Photograph from the Iranian television broadcasts

Iran sent a monkey on a 15-minute mission to the edge of space. According to her, the monkey returned safely

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Gelada monkeys. When they smack their lips, they make a sound that is different from other monkeys in that it is produced by moving their lips, similar to human speech Gelada monkeys. When they smack their lips, they make a sound that is different from other monkeys in that it is produced by moving their lips, similar to human speech. Gelada monkey family. From Wikipedia

Monkey chatter

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Launch of a monkey into space by Iran, January 28, 2013. Screenshot from Iranian TV

Iran sent a monkey into space - a manned launch: within 5-8 years

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Rhesus monkeys. show flexibility in choosing their friends. Photo: Yale University

Prejudice in humans has ancient evolutionary roots

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Bonobo monkey - full-grown cub. From Wikipedia

Peter Pan syndrome in great apes

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Neanderthal man - from Wikipedia, illustration from the 19th century Public domain image

who is who

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The black spider monkey from South America

Superstitions versus nature conservation

Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Spanish Parliament: Equal rights for apes and humans

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Report: Stalin ordered to interbreed humans with monkeys

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Galileo/the talking monkey

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The extinctions continue/

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Monkeys have accents too

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Man after monkey

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The red colobus - extinct or still alive?

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

A female baboon that maintains extensive social relationships with other females increases the chances of her offspring's survival

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