The human tendency to form close bonds with people other than kin may have primal roots. Researchers from Germany report in the journal Current Biology that male macaques exhibit a social bonding ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Despite his yellow teeth, orange eyes and odd spiky ‘do, the crested black macaque is undeniably engaging, not the least to primatologist Maura Tyrrell, a PhD candidate in the ...

Rats respond to human touch with joy, revealing how physical connection may build trust across species and support ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Depending on your point of view, the creation of an embryo that is part-human and part-monkey is either a great opportunity for medical experts to create organs and tissues ...

Two monkeys are the first ever primates to be cloned using the technique that created Dolly the sheep. The technique brings the prospect of cloned human beings even more closer. But scientists ...

With macaque monkey cloning, China emerges as a new leader in cloning biotech Two macaque monkeys were created via cloning in a Chinese lab — reflecting an interesting scientific shift ...

What are Barbary macaques? Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus, are one of 25 species of macaque found around the world. They’re the only macaque species living outside Asia and the only non-human ...

Rhesus macaque monkeys infected in utero with Zika virus develop similar brain pathology to human infants, according to a report by researchers at the California National Primate Research Center and ...