A draft genome sequence of the rhesus macaque, the most widely used non-human primate in biomedical research, has just been published in Science. Its comparison with the genomes of the human and ...

A comprehensive cell-type taxonomy has been constructed for the entire macaque cortex using spatial transcriptomics (BGI’s Stereo-seq technology) and snRNA-seq technology. Through this work, ...

Wildlife photographer Atsuyuki Ohshima captured a rare interaction between a macaque and a deer. The photographer says the macaque took a ride on the deer just for fun. The photo is recognized in the ...

The newborn Japanese macaque, offspring of 12-year-old Usagi and 10-year-old Kota, made its public debut hours after birth on Macaque Island. An addition to the Milwaukee County Zoo's macaque family ...

Scientists caught a male Japanese macaque red-butted (so to speak) trying to mate with several female sika deer. In the video, a few of the deer try to shake the little monkey off, but others just ...

An unexpected pair has been caught in flagrante delicto and scientists got it all on tape. Primate researcher Marie Pelé and colleagues published a surprising note in the journal Primates this ...

Scientists for the first time have established that for a brief period after birth, baby monkeys imitate facial movements made by people and adult monkeys. This copycat capacity, until now observed ...

This is the heartbreaking moment a female macaque monkey cradled her dead baby in her arms. The grief-stricken mother spent days carrying around the tiny newborn at Tangkoko Nature Reserve and ...