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Added February 3, 2010

• Baby gorilla pictured 'relaxing' in human-like pose  (Telegraph; February 3, 2010)
• Some primates share, but others ... not so much  (MSNBC; February 2, 2010)

Added February 2, 2010

• NGO to Fund 650 Acres Reforestation Project  (New Times; February 1, 2010)
• N. Indiana exotic animal sanctuary struggling  (Chicago Tribune; February 1, 2010)
• Lemur facility gets new director  (Herald-Tribune; February 1, 2010)

Added February 1, 2010

• Expectant mom's flu exposure stunts baby's brain development  (University of Wisconsin-Madison News; January 25, 2010)
• Colourful performance artist devoted her life to saving orang-utans  (Sydney Morning Herald; January 28, 2010)
• He ain't heavy, he's my half brother  (Guardian; January 28, 2010)
• Developmental Delay May Explain Behavior of Easygoing Bonobo Apes  (ScienceDaily; January 29, 2010)
• New vaccine prevents Chikungunya in monkeys, mice  (AFP; January 29, 2010)
• New contract for baboon monitors  (Independent Online; January 27, 2010)
• Chimpanzee cinema: truly primitive art  (Globe and Mail; February 1, 2010)
• Another Gorilla Group Prepared for Tourism  (New Vision; January 26, 2010)
• Wild bonobo mother ape eats own infant in DR Congo  (BBC; February 1, 2010)

Added January 27, 2010

• Movie made by chimpanzees to be broadcast on television  (BBC News; January 25, 2010)
• 30 monkeys from Lele released in Shivapuri  (Nepal Republica; January 24, 2010)
• The truth about chimps  (National Geographic; February 1, 2010)
• Orang utan lovers cry foul  (Malaysia Star; January 17, 2010)
• Monkey Rivals Human at Nut-Cracking  (Discovery News; January 19, 2010)
• New Theory on the Origin of Primates  (ScienceDaily; January 20, 2010)
• What the small-brained hobbit reveals about primate evolution  (Scientific American; January 26, 2010)
• Monkeys keep chatter 'short and sweet'  (BBC News; January 27, 2010)

Added January 26, 2010

• A Legal Puzzle: Can a Baby Have Three Biological Parents?  (New York Times; January 25, 2010)
• Human Genetic Adaptation Leads to Longer Lives, More Cancer and Heart Disease  (Newswise; January 25, 2010)

Added January 25, 2010

• Zoo chimp has hand surgery  (Knoxville News Sentinel; January 23, 2010)
• Chimp at the center of Sarasota DNA case  (Herald Tribune; January 22, 2010)

Added January 22, 2010

• Gorillas 'ape humans' over games  (BBC News; January 22, 2010)
• Genetics Helps to Crack Down on Chimpanzee Smuggling  (ScienceDaily; January 22, 2010)
• Lemur Ancestors Rafted to Madagascar  (Discovery News; January 21, 2010)

Added January 21, 2010

• The Naked Truth: Why Humans Have No Fur  (Scientific American; February 1, 2010)
• Bornean orangutan acts as 'peacemaker' in Japan zoo  (BBC News; January 20, 2010)
• Greene County rejects home for 2 dozen monkeys  (Associated Press; January 21, 2010)
• World Wildlife Fund lists the 10 most threatened species in 2010  (Washington Post; January 20, 2010)

Added January 19, 2010

• Smarter than you think  (Sunday Times; January 17, 2010)
• Malignant malaria found in apes  (BBC News; January 18, 2010)
• What to make of the Yowie?  (ScienceBlogs; January 18, 2010)
• Genome Study Provides a Census of Early Humans  (New York Times; January 18, 2010)
• Feet hold the key to human hand evolution  (BBC News; January 18, 2010)
• Monkeys carry out basic maths in their heads  (Telegraph; January 18, 2010)

Added January 15, 2010

• Monkeys go out on a limb to show gratitude  (Nature; January 12, 2010)

Added January 14, 2010

• Scientists find big differences in Y chromosomes of men, chimps  (USA Today; January 13, 2010)
• Global warming indigestion may push gorillas, monkeys to extinction  (Times of India; January 13, 2010)

Added January 12, 2010

• Ativistas entram com pedido de habeas corpus para chimpanze no Brasil  (Jornal a Tribuna; January 8, 2010; in Portuguese)
• Deciphering the Chatter of Monkeys  (New York Times; January 11, 2010)

Added January 11, 2010

• Rabies Vaccine Protects Against Monkey Version of HIV  (BusinessWeek; December 18, 2009)
• How would you feel if you were an animal caged for scientific testing?  (Sunday Times; January 10, 2010)
• Respecting your elders in your genes, finds monkey study  (Telegraph; January 6, 2009)
• Oldest primate fossils found  (Bangkok Post; January 7, 2009)
• Report: Research monkey at Reno lab killed in 2009  (Associated Press; January 5, 2010)
• UW-Madison Committee Says Monkey Research Is Ethical  (WISC-TV, Madison, WI; January 9, 2010)
• UW monkey starved to death in lab last year  (Seattle Times; January 8, 2010)

Added January 8, 2010

• Monkeys Are Canaries in Lead Mine  (Scientific American; January 8, 2010)

Added January 5, 2010

• Why it's not brass monkeys at Trentham forest in winter  (BBC; December 30, 2009)
• Monkey research says weight regulation is complicated  (St. Petersburg Times; January 3, 2010)
• Puerto Rico Halts Monkey-Breeding Facility Plans  (Associated Press; December 30, 2009)
• Chimps use cleavers and anvils as tools to chop food  (BBC News; December 24, 2009)
• Eruption menaces chimps' Congo home  (The Independent; January 5, 2010)
• Toxicants Detected in Asian Monkey Hair May Warn of Environmental Threats to People and Wildlife  (ScienceDaily; January 4, 2010)

Added January 4, 2010

• The Animal Noble Prizes of the Decade  (Huffington Post; January 4, 2010)
• Tidy Monkey Flosses Teeth  (Discovery News; December 29, 2009)

Added December 22, 2009

• Among Apes, Teeth Are Made for the Toughest Times  (ScienceDaily; December 22, 2009)
• Zoo loses 2 gorillas to cancer in 2 days  (UPI; December 17, 2009)
• Animal extremists proven wrong  (San Antonio Express-News; December 19, 2009)
• Ngamba chimpanzee sanctuary wins award  (New Vision; December 18, 2009)
• Famous Columbus Gorilla Celebrates 53rd Birthday  (NBC4, Columbus; December 22, 2009)
• Time running out for orangutans: conservationists  (AFP; December 21, 2009)
• Former Soviet 'Monkey Nursery' Now Wants To Send An Ape To Mars  (AFP; December 20, 2009)
• Holy Baboon! And An Amazing 'Mystical' Moment  (NPR; December 22, 2009)

Added December 21, 2009

• Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire, says study by ISU's Pruetz  (Iowa State University News Service; December 17, 2009)
• Gorillas: still wild at heart  (The Independent; December 21, 2009)
• Use of Marijuana During Pregnancy  (Mothering; December 21, 2009)

Added December 17, 2009

• Pupils consider truth about lying  (BBC News; December 16, 2009)
• Rare Cross River gorilla filmed  (BBC; December 16, 2009)

Added December 16, 2009

• Meat may be the reason humans outlive apes  (MSNBC; December 15, 2009)
• D.C. woman to be honored for work with Congo's bonobos  (Washington Post; December 16, 2009)
• NYC woman gets probation for smuggling monkey meat  (Associated Press; December 13, 2009)
• Charcoal trade threatens gorillas  (UPI; December 12, 2009)
• Reporter's notebook: Palm oil production devastating Sumatran forests  (CNN; December 11, 2009)
• Saving the Orangutans in an Endangered Safe Haven  (ABC News; December 10, 2009)

Added December 15, 2009

• Gorilla Man Honoured for His Work With the Gentle Giants  (New Vision; December 13, 2009)

Added December 11, 2009

• Monkey calls give clues to language origins  (BBC News; November 11, 2009)

Added December 10, 2009

• Gibbon 'dating agency' saves apes  (BBC News; December 9, 2009)
• Why King Kong Failed to Impress: Humans, Apes Use Odor-Detecting Receptors Differently  (ScienceDaily; December 9, 2009)
• Tiny 'early primate' filmed  (BBC; December 10, 2009)