In 2000, Congress passed the Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance and Protection Act to provide funding for lifetime care and sanctuary for chimpanzees who had been kept and used in U.S.
Scientists Sakumi Iki and Ikuma Adachi recently spent a lot of time watching monkeys scratch themselves. Self-scratching among non-human primates is known to indicate social tension and anxiety. The ...
Researchers in Cameroon are aiming to use the red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus spp.) as both a standard-bearer for conservation and a barometer of forest health. Red colobus are tree-dwelling monkeys ...