Commercial macaque cages often have the following deficiencies: Animals living in lower-row cages receive considerably less light than those living in upper-row cages. This introduces a dependent ...

Nonhuman primates are commonly used in biomedical research due to its anatomical, behavioral, and genetic similarities with humans. Macaques, especially the Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) are one the ...

Environmental enrichment is designed to promote the behavioral health of understimulated nonhuman primates by providing them with species-appropriate conditions for the expression of species-typical ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a ...

With extreme weather events on the rise across the globe, like the rare Category 5 hurricane that hit Mexico 11 days ago, we were interested in a study on a remote island very few people are allowed ...

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Study finds lion-tailed macaques thriving in human areas, raising concerns over long-term risks and conservation strategies.