Posts Tagged ‘monkeys’
Count on it: Baboons ‘know’ numbers
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Like children who have not yet learned to count, olive baboons are able to rely on “more or less” comparisons to understand numbers. Continue…
Friday, May 3, 2013 15:16 - 1 Comment
Science & Technology - Apr 9, 2013 16:31 - 0 Comments
Monkey ‘wobble’ works like small talk
U. MICHIGAN (US) — The rhythmic vocal sounds wild gelada monkeys make by smacking their lips have similarities to human speech, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 14, 2013 11:16 - 6 Comments
Cheating monkeys try to hide their infidelity
U. MICHIGAN / U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Wild gelada monkeys change their behavior to avoid getting caught cheating on sexual partners. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 25, 2013 15:58 - 0 Comments
Break-ups are tough on mating owl monkeys
U. PENN (US) — Owl monkeys, considered a socially monogamous species, have fewer offspring when they are forced to switch mates, a new study reveals. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 10, 2013 11:28 - 1 Comment
Monkey ‘dorks’ lack friends of friends
DUKE (US) — For rhesus macaque monkeys, being “popular” seems to run in the family. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 7, 2012 13:53 - 0 Comments
Hybrid monkeys hint at early human history
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Did different species of early humans interbreed and produce offspring of mixed ancestry? New research with howler monkeys suggests it’s possible. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 20, 2012 13:08 - 0 Comments
Diet may make monkeys hungry for sex
UC BERKELEY (US) — Monkeys that eat leaves from a tree with estrogen-like compounds may care less about grooming and more about sex, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 30, 2012 16:24 - 1 Comment
Monkey brains fire ‘grid cells’ to map world
EMORY (US) — When rhesus monkeys use their eyes to explore visual scenes, grid cells in their brains fire in repeating triangular patterns, scientists have discovered. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 13, 2012 11:34 - 7 Comments
New monkey species has bright blue bottom
YALE (US) — Scientists have found a new monkey species in remote central Congo, where bush meat hunting and habitat loss threaten their survival. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 6, 2012 11:38 - 0 Comments
Team reveals human, monkey malaria genomes
NYU (US) — Scientists have sequenced the genomes of several species of malaria, revealing both good and bad news about the deadly parasite. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 31, 2012 14:27 - 0 Comments
Scientists ‘read’ the minds of monkeys
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — By looking at neuron activity, scientists have been able to effectively read monkeys’ minds as they plan to solve a problem. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 11, 2012 12:36 - 5 Comments
Cooperation keeps monkey bosses on top
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Alpha male monkeys who are willing at times to concede to subordinates keep the top job longer—and have more offspring as a result. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 29, 2012 15:51 - 1 Comment
Rare and hunted, drill monkeys face new threat
U. OREGON (US) — Mitochondrial DNA offers a glimpse into how climate warming may again threaten populations of endangered wild drills. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 26, 2012 18:26 - 0 Comments
Monkey-brained robot ‘sees’ with whiskers
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Researchers have fitted a robotic rat with a monkey brain model in order to increase the machine’s perception. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 12, 2011 11:12 - 0 Comments
Monkeys move virtual avatar with brain
DUKE (US) — In a first-ever demonstration of a two-way interaction between a primate brain and a virtual body, two monkeys employ brain power alone to move an avatar hand and identify the texture of virtual objects. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 6, 2011 8:41 - 0 Comments
Monkeys grasp sense of ‘me’
U. BUFFALO (US) — Monkeys possess enough self-awareness to recognize that their actions can cause certain outcomes. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 2, 2011 11:12 - 0 Comments
Monkey recall mirrors humans
EMORY (US) — Monkeys are able to remember and reproduce simple shapes from memory, a discovery that could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of memory impairments in humans. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2010 10:52 - 5 Comments

Time on treadmill shapes up the brain
U. PITTSBURGH (US)—Adult female monkeys who ran on a treadmill for an hour a day, five days a week had increased blood flow to the brain and learned faster than inactive monkeys. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 15, 2010 11:17 - 3 Comments

Monkeys like to mix it up
DUKE (US)—Given a choice between spending a token to get their absolute favorite food or spending it to have a choice from a buffet of options, capuchin monkeys will opt for variety. (more…)










