Could ReTro be the first of a new generation of cloned monkeys used by medical researchers? Chinese researchers have cloned the first rhesus monkey, a species which is widely used in medical ...

When physical strength, heavy leather gloves, and/or mechanical squeeze devices are used to control experimental rhesus monkeys, the handling is associated with considerable commotion. Flight attempts ...

Although the rhesus monkey is an excellent model of human growth hormone physiology, no developmental survey of serum concentrations of the growth hormone dependent somatomedin, insulin-like ...

A training technique is described for ensuring the active cooperation of adult male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) during in-homecage venipuncture. Five single-housed and 10 pair-housed males ...

Of two hunky monkeys, which would you say has the most sex appeal? That’s easier to answer if you’re a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)—or Constance Dubuc, an evolutionary biologist at the ...

In an early 2000 study, researchers found that monkeys can understand symbolic representations of objects and concepts. The ...

Studies of young rhesus monkeys now indicate that love derives mainly from close bodily contact Affection in infants was long thought to be generated by the satisfactions of feeding.

An unsettled island off the coast of South Carolina is home to the country's largest monkey population — but don't count on ...

Starting in 1957, Harlow worked with rhesus monkeys, which are more mature at birth than humans, but like human babies show a range of emotions and need to be nursed. He took infant monkeys away ...

They say a smile is worth a thousand words. Today smiling is often recognised as an expression of happiness, amusement and pleasure, but has that always been the case? BBC Bitesize takes a look at ...

This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. In India monkey business takes on a whole new meaning. Hanuman langurs are trained in New Delhi to scare off aggressive ...