A draft genome sequence of the rhesus macaque, the most widely used non-human primate in biomedical research, has just been published in Science. Its comparison with the genomes of the human and ...

In adult humans and macaques, inferotemporal cortex (IT) is subdivided into functional domains that are selective for different image categories and are critical for high-level object recognition, but ...

A Huangshan stump-tailed macaque is seen on Huangshan mountain, east China's Anhui Province on May 20, 2024. Huangshan Stump-tailed Macaque (Macaca thibetana huangshanensis), a species unique to ...

Wildlife photographer Atsuyuki Ohshima captured a rare interaction between a macaque and a deer. The photographer says the macaque took a ride on the deer just for fun. The photo is recognized in the ...

Scientists caught a male Japanese macaque red-butted (so to speak) trying to mate with several female sika deer. In the video, a few of the deer try to shake the little monkey off, but others just ...

Jackson Clive received funding for this work from the UK Natural Environment Research Council, the American Institute of Bisexuality and the Genetics Society. Ewan Flintham receives funding from the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. North Africa may not spring to mind as the home of an ape population, but the Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) still dwells there. The only ...

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An unexpected pair has been caught in flagrante delicto and scientists got it all on tape. Primate researcher Marie Pelé and colleagues published a surprising note in the journal Primates this ...

A lion-tailed macaque (LTM), an endangered species, has given birth to a young macaque at the Chamundi Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre for the Wild Animals, at Koorgalli on the outskirts of Mysuru.

Jo Jo and Alan are unlikely best friends at Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand. Who says cats are not friendly? Little Alan here is so friendly he's made friends with long-tailed macaques! The ...