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 mirror to humanity, ...

A group of scientists from the Kunming Institute of Zoology in China’s southwestern Yunnan province has launched a genetic resource bank for the closest biological model to humans: the macaque. Known ...

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A hungry macaque raided a university laboratory before stealing a packet of crisps in Taiwan. Student Yan Yu Chen and his ...

The psychological well-being of laboratory primates is enhanced when they are allowed to voluntarily participate in their own care through a process called positive reinforcement training (PRT).

Booming demand for laboratory animals in China’s pharmaceutical industry is fueling a massive illegal trade in wild-caught monkeys, with thousands of live primates smuggled into the country for use in ...

Rhesus macaques in U.S. research laboratories frequently pull out their own hair, pace in tight loops, and rock back and forth, behaviors long attributed to the stress of captivity. A study published ...

Animals rights advocates are trying again to secure federal protections for two species of monkeys widely used for testing purposes in U.S. laboratories. In a pair of Endangered Species Act petitions ...

Sealife Adventure, located on Southend’s Eastern Esplanade, has paid tribute to Olive, a crab-eating macaque who was rescued ...