Captive rhesus macaques are not naturally aggressive, but poor husbandry and handling practices can trigger their aggression toward conspecifics and toward the human handler. The myth of the ...

human mating strategies, the biology of warfare, sex differences in behavior, love and lust ... on one of the most predictable traits of rhesus monkeys: their tendency to steal food at ...

In the study, two rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta ... In the new paper, the study authors also compare the monkeys’ behavior to gamblers who believe they’re due for a win, and of sports fans predicting ...

Injurious self-biting is one of the most serious problems in primate colonies (Niemeyer, Gray, & Stephen, 1996). "Approximately 10% of captive, individually-housed monkeys engage in the disturbing ...

to see how the rhesus macaques would respond in the wake of a natural disaster. Specifically, the researchers were curious to see if the monkeys’ social ties had shifted and if their behavior ...

These monkeys have the largest natural range ... For those who have studied the behavior of rhesus macaques, the research is ...

It’s a battle for resources in the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans in India. In this wild place, rhesus macaque monkeys ...

Hampton, R.R. 2012. Cognitive mechanisms for transitive inference performance in rhesus monkeys: Measuring the influence of associative strength and inferred order. Journal of Experimental Psychology: ...

The rhesus macaque primates are all still on ... Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard expressed optimism regarding the monkeys’ ...

I’ve worked with baboons, capuchins, and rhesus monkeys, but to study aging ... so we model it in marmosets to explore how hormones affect behavior, including sleep, cognition, and thermal regulation.