The UK’s only sanctuary for Barbary Macaques - where 140 roam free within the 60-acre woodland setting - is back open from Saturday, February 15 after being closed for winter. To mark the 20-year ...

A team of cognitive neuroscientists at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, working with colleagues from Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Universidad de Guadalajara, all in Mexico, and ...

Scientists have long wondered whether this ability is unique to humans, and a new study published February 12 in PLOS Biology suggests that macaques may possess similar capabilities. The study ...

At the other extreme of sexual exclusivity are the Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus), which, despite forming tight-knit social bonds, are totally promiscuous sexually. There is no shortage of ...

A top national research lab – the National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research – according to sources, has requested that it needs 60 bonnet macaques for research purposes.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and their colleagues report that a single dose of a broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) administered prior to virus exposure protects macaques from ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An infant rhesus macaque is held by an adult as photographed on Sept. 20, 2024, on Morgan Island, located in Beaufort County just north of St. Helena Island. The island and its 3,000 monkeys are ...

Finally, all 43 of the rhesus macaques have been found, according to the primate research facility in Yemassee, S.C., from which they fled in November. By Hank Sanders Nearly three months after 43 ...