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Reminiscing About the Holidays
As we look forward to everything 2019 has in store, we reminisce about the extraordinary memories that were made during the 2018 holiday season. November and December were some of the busiest, and most exciting, months of the year at the Primate Rescue Center. Not...
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Research Shows Chimpanzees Cooperate First and Think Later
BY ALEXANDRA ROSATI ON DECEMBER 4, 2018PRIMATES, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYWhy be nice? While it might seem quite natural to many to cooperate with others, not all animals necessarily operate according to that “moral” code. In fact, individuals who only consider...
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Monkeys chill out just from seeing their friends being groomed
By Michael MarshallMonkeys become more relaxed if they simply watch one monkey grooming another.“If you walk down a street and see someone being nice to someone else, it gives you a warm feeling inside,” says Stuart Semple of the University of Roehampton in London,...
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SENATOR BOOKER MAKES HISTORY WITH NEW BILL TO END PRIMATE EXPERIMENTS
Senator Booker just made history by introducing the first law that would finally mandate a reduction in primate experimentation. Some kinds of primate experiments are banned, a new review process is set up for all other kinds, with ethicists and experts about...
READ MOREOrangutans can communicate about the past just like humans, new research finds
The evolution of language converted a defenceless naked ape into a world-dominating force. It fundamentally transformed how humans transmit information and knowledge. A large and potent component of language is our ability to communicate about things that are not...
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Boy Meets Girl
Over the summer, the PRC happily welcomed a friendly new face to the family. Opal is a 7 year old female long-tailed macaque. She was rescued from a pet situation in Indiana, thanks to the generous help from Peaceable Primates Sanctuary. Opal spent some time at...
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Palm oil is destroying rainforests. But try going a day without it.
Palm oil is destroying rainforests. But try going a day without it.After spending years reporting on the controversial ingredient, a journalist grapples with her own consumption.BY HILLARY ROSNERPUBLISHED DECEMBER 13, 2018ON A SNOWY December morning, I crawled from...
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Do chimpanzees know how to say or show “thank you”?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SERIOUSLY GOOD FOR ALLBY BRITTANY COHEN-BROWN ON NOVEMBER 25, 2018In the not-so-distant past, when scientists discussed primate behavior, they often outright denied the existence of the many complex emotions that these intelligent animals...
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