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Barbary Macaques in their natural habitat of the Atlas Mountains

Monkeys regulate metabolism to cope with environment and rigours of mating season

20 Apr 2016

The flexible physiology of Barbary macaques in responding to extreme environmental conditions of their natural habitat may help shed light on the...

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A black howler monkey chorus

Calls vs. balls: monkeys with more impressive roars produce less sperm

22 Oct 2015

Evolutionary ‘trade-off’ between size of throat and testes discovered in howler monkeys furthers Darwin’s theory of sexual selection and corresponds...

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High stress levels found in monkeys forced to spend more time foraging

24 Jan 2013

New research shows that disturbed habitats are resulting in increasingly poor diets for monkeys, and that the additional time and energy required to...

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White-headed Capuchin

Monkey business

01 Jun 2007

Ground-breaking discoveries by two Cambridge researchers have placed monkey behaviour closer to humans than had previously been thought. Dr Antonio...

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