Macaques reveal human-like genetic cause of inherited blindness, offering new disease model

An inherited form of blindness directly comparable to a common inherited optic nerve disease in humans has been discovered in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Gibraltar’s Famous Monkeys Are Eating Dirt, Likely to Alleviate Stomach Aches From Munching on Tourists’ Junk Food

The British territory's Barbary macaques are the only wild monkeys in Europe. But many are consuming human snacks high in ...
University of California, Davis

Identifying Genetic Causes of Blindness in People and Macaques

An inherited form of blindness directly comparable to a common inherited optic nerve disease in humans has been discovered in ...

News in Easy English: Young monkey Punch holds toy less, plays more with other monkeys

ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- A young Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba Prefecture became famous because he carried a ...
Nature

The politics of playful primates

In human societies, authoritarian regimes tend to frown on playful behaviour in adults, whereas egalitarian societies have ...