GEORGE TOWN: Conservationists are urging the authorities to act quickly to save the near-threatened dusky leaf monkeys, which are being killed indiscriminately in Langkawi. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia deputy regional director Chris R. Shepherd said the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) should investigate the shootings of the monkeys. “It was disturbing to read news...
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Virginia Zoo welcomes baby squirrel monkey
NORFOLK, Va. – A new baby squirrel monkey is now receiving visitors at the Virginia Zoo’s Exhibit Building. Monkey mommy Marie delivered late Friday night or early Saturday morning, and was discovered with the baby squirrel monkey clinging to her back Saturday morning by zookeepers. The tiny primate joins its mother, proud papa Jeebes...
Monkey Majik melds East, West
Japanese-Canadian band, Monkey Majik in Toronto. (L to R ) is Bassist DICK, singer-guitarists Blaise Plant, Maynard Plant, and drummer Tax. (Veronica Henri/QMI Agency) Change text size for the story Print this story Report an error When Maynard Plant moved from Ottawa to northern Japan in 1998, the Queen’s University graduate’s only goal was...
Monkeys’ Parkinson’s woes eased via stem cells
KYOTO — Researchers have succeeded in improving the treatment of Parkinson’s disease by using human embryonic stem cells to create nerve cells that produce dopamine and then transplanting the cells into monkeys’ brains. Four monkeys with Parkinson’s disease — and previously unable to walk due to their symptoms — improved substantially after the human...
Monkey study shows man’s Y Chromosome will NOT die out after all
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:53 PM on 22nd February 2012 Reports of the death of men have been greatly exaggerated, say scientists. Previous research has suggested the male Y chromosome is shrinking – and could disappear altogether within the next five million years. But a study of rhesus macaque monkeys –...