primate

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Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St Louis, Missouri, sparking confusion and concern from the city's animal control officials, who said they do not know where the primates came from.

From BBC

Japanese media outlet Kyodo news reported that she once escaped with another primate - using a key to unlock her cage.

From BBC

A pair of twin mountain gorillas has been born in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - a rare occurrence for the endangered primates, conservationists at Virunga National Park say.

From BBC

The new findings build on earlier work from Amato's lab, which showed that gut microbes from larger-brained primates produce more metabolic energy when transferred into mice.

From Science Daily

The researchers then showed the untrained systems images of objects, people, and animals and compared their internal activity to brain responses from humans and non-human primates viewing the same images.

From Science Daily