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Added November 5, 2009

• A Trip To Sumatra To Hear a Gibbon's Call  (National Public Radio; November 4, 2009; Audio)

Added November 4, 2009

• RT-SHIV subpopulation dynamics in infected macaques during anti-HIV therapy  (7th Space; November 4, 2009)
• Hormone that affects finger length key to social behavior  (EurekAlert; November 4, 2009)

Added November 3, 2009

• On 'Nova,'Theories of How the Apes Became Us  (New York Times; November 2, 2009)

Added November 2, 2009

• Cientistas: 'elo perdido' dos primatas pode ser só um lêmure  (Terra Networks, Brazil; October 22, 2009; in Portuguese)
• Gorillas at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Placed on Heart Healthy Diet  (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor; November 2, 2009)
• Precuneus region of human and monkey brain is divided into 4 distinct regions  (EurekAlert; November 2, 2009)

Added October 30, 2009

• NASA to Start Irradiating Monkeys  (Discovery News; October 29, 2009)

Added October 29, 2009

• What Ever Happened to Kenyanthropus platyops?  (Science; October 29, 2009)
• Researchers find brain cell transplants help repair neural damage  (EurekAlert; October 29, 2009)
• Ha Giang zones off land to preserve rare primate  (VOV News, Vietnam; October 29, 2009)
• Stem cell agency awards $230 million in grants  (San Francisco Chronicle; October 29, 2009)

Added October 28, 2009

• Chimpanzees Seen 'Mourning' Late Friend  (Sky News; October 28, 2009)
• Amorfix detects vCJD prions in blood from non-human primates  (CNW Telbec; October 27, 2009)
• Missouri woman loses case, so Richard the monkey can't dine out  (Associated Press; October 23, 2009)
• Global warming cycles threaten endangered primate species  (EurekAlert; October 27, 2009)
• Bone Crunching Debunks 'First Monkey' Ida Fossil Hype  (Wired; October 21, 2009)
• Brazen Baboons: Flighty Females Disrupt Group Harmony  (PR.com; October 28, 2009)
• Chimpanzees Leave Almere for New AAP-Home in Spain  (PR Newswire; October 27, 2009)
• Climate change 'will put endangered monkeys at further risk'  (Times Online; October 28, 2009)

Added October 26, 2009

• T-Cell Vaccine Reduces Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Levels In Semen Of Monkeys During Primary Infection  (ScienceDaily; October 26, 2009)

Added October 23, 2009

• Ancient Lemurs Take Bite Out of Evolutionary Tree  (U.S. News and World Report; October 22, 2009)

Added October 22, 2009

• Surgeon Bailey reflects 25 years after 'Baby Fae'  (Adventist News Network; October 21, 2009)

Added October 20, 2009

• Monkey drumming suggests origin of music  (MSNBC; October 16, 2009)
• 'Leopard Behind You!'  (New York Times; October 6, 2009)
• Zoo's Sumatran orangutan has a baby  (Philadelphia Inquirer; October 3, 2009)
• Chembio Diagnostics to Provide Tuberculosis Testing Kits to Orangutan Rehabilitation Centers in Borneo and Sumatra  (EarthTimes; October 16, 2009)
• Just what does make me 'me'?  (BBC News; October 20, 2009)
• Infants match human words to human faces and monkey calls to monkey faces (but not quacks to duck faces)  (Not Exactly Rocket Science; October 19, 2009)

Added October 19, 2009

• Chile's monkey savior  (Global Post; October 19, 2009)
• In Kenya, Better Cows for Better Health  (Scienceline; October 19, 2009)
• 49-year-old female chimp dies at Toledo Zoo  (Associated Press; October 18, 2009)

Added October 14, 2009

• Experiences sur les macaques refusees a l'EPFZ et a l'Universite de Zurich  (Le Temps; October 14, 2009; in French)
• Gene therapy could remedy Parkinson's  (Nature; October 14, 2009)
• Gene therapy for Parkinson's "encouraging" in early trials  (AFP; October 14, 2009)
• Himachal Govt to check increasing population of monkeys in the state  (Punjab Newsline; October 14, 2009)
• Landmark Genotyping Study Demonstrates the Power of 454 Sequencing Systems for Immunogenetics  (Reuters; October 13, 2009)
• Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinson's  (MSN; October 14, 2009)
• Chimps happy to help - you just have to ask  (New Scientist; October 13, 2009)
• Study Challenges Importance of Animals in Research  (Reuters; October 13, 2009)
• Monkeys Fall Into 'Uncanny Valley,' Just Like Humans  (Wired; October 13, 2009)
• Wildlife expert claims gorilla dung is critical to containing climate change  (Guardian; October 13, 2009)

Added October 13, 2009

• Mama Monkeys and Babies Communicate  (Discovery News; October 9, 2009)
• What chimps can teach us  (MSNBC; October 12, 2009)

Added October 12, 2009

• La expresión del amor maternal, una herencia de los monos  (ABC, Spain; October 9, 2009; in Spanish)
• Folk belief helps in gibbon preservation  (Assam Tribune; October 11, 2009)
• Monkey Jungle adapts, acquires rivals' instincts  (Miami Herald; October 12, 2009)
• Sigourney Weaver still committed to gorilla rescue  (Associated Press; October 11, 2009)

Added October 9, 2009

• Study: Monkey moms act like human ones  (MSNBC; October 8, 2009)

Added October 8, 2009

• Scientists provide a lifeline for Madagascar's "panda"  (Conservation International; October 6, 2009)
• Researcher studies monkeys in Africa to better understand virus evolution  (PhysOrg.com; October 7, 2009)

Added October 7, 2009

• Snakes on the brain  (Times Online; October 7, 2009)

Added October 6, 2009

• Extended habitat for the greater bamboo lemur: NGOs  (Associated Press; October 5, 2009)

Added October 5, 2009

• Group may move some orangutans to Des Moines zoo  (Chicago Tribune; October 3, 2009)
• Eye Surgery for Gorilla Past Its Primate  (NBC6, Miami; October 2, 2009)
• Timeline: Ardi and The Human Family Tree  (Discovery News; October 4, 2009)
• 'Scots' opera gets Botswana treatment  (BBC News; October 4, 2009)
• Mass. company fattens up monkeys for science  (Boston Herald; October 5, 2009)

Added October 2, 2009

• Zoo Keeps Eye On Gorilla With Face Tumor  (WLWT, Cincinnati, Ohio; October 1, 2009)
• UN experts advance plans for West African biodiversity corridor  (ISRIA; October 2, 2009)
• At long last, meet Ardipithecus ramidus  (Laelaps; October 2, 2009)
• Before Lucy Came Ardi, New Earliest Hominid Found  (Associated Press; October 1, 2009)
• 'My Monkey Baby': Couples Treat Adopted Monkeys as Children  (ABC News; October 2, 2009)
• Groundbreaking Primate Study Links Mercury Vaccine Preservative to Brain Injury  (PR Newswire; October 1, 2009)
• Del Toro urges Puerto Rico to nix monkey facility  (Associated Press; October 1, 2009)
• Primate center celebrates 10 years  (San Antonio Express-News; October 2, 2009)

Added October 1, 2009

• Former Helotes mayor, 57, dies  (San Antonio Express-News; October 1, 2009)
• Longer-lived, healthier mice offer promise of drug treatments for age-related diseases  (EurekAlert; October 1, 2009)
• Fossil Skeleton From Africa Predates Lucy  (New York Times; October 1, 2009)
• 'Ardi,' Oldest Human Ancestor, Unveiled  (Discovery News; October 1, 2009)
• Monkeys' Grooming Habits Provide New Clues To How We Socialize  (ScienceDaily; October 1, 2009)

Added September 30, 2009

• Monkey brain signals mental wanderlust  (Futurity; September 28, 2009)
• Dr. Joel D. Weisman dies at 66; among the first doctors to detect AIDS  (Los Angeles Times; July 23, 2009)
• Monkeys 'reject vegetarianism'  (BBC News; September 30, 2009)
• Obama to announce NIH will get $5B in stimulus money  (USA Today; September 30, 2009)

Added September 28, 2009

• Hyenas Cooperate, Problem-solve Better Than Primates  (ScienceDaily; September 28, 2009)
• Palm oil both a leading threat to orangutans and a key source of jobs in Sumatra  (Mongabay; September 24, 2009)
• Lemurs are ambassadors  (Herald Tribune; September 28, 2009)
• Monkey see, monkey do  (Fond du Lac Reporter; September 28, 2009)

Added September 25, 2009

• University of Miami researcher's HIV vaccine latest lift in fight vs. AIDS  (Miami Herald; September 24, 2009)
• Colorado doctors, nurses donate time to save zoo gorilla  (Denver Post; September 24, 2009)
• Fresh hope for endangered primates  (Independent; September 24, 2009)
• First zoo-born gorilla reaches half a century  (Swissinfo; September 23, 2009)
• Brenau exhibit unveils gorilla researcher's life  (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer; September 23, 2009)

Added September 23, 2009

• Charlie the 39-year-old chimp dies at the Oregon Zoo of apparent heart attack or stroke  (The Oregonian; September 18, 2009)
• Iowa scientists make plans to revive African forest  (Des Moines Register; September 22, 2009)
• National Geographic features Falls Primate Sanctuary  (Buffalo News; September 23, 2009)

Added September 17, 2009

• Are humans impossible to ape?  (Brisbane Times; August 27, 2009)
• 46 rescued orangutans returned to the wild by helicopter in Borneo  (Mongabay; September 5, 2009)
• Monkey Brains Signal The Desire To Explore  (ScienceDaily; September 6, 2009)
• Uproar over baboon sjamboks  (Independent Online; September 13, 2009)
• Jane Goodall Sees 'Hope For Animals'  (NPR; September 13, 2009; Audio)
• Monkeys suffered in lab, suit says  (Boston Globe; September 17, 2009)
• Gene therapy fixes color blindness in monkeys  (MSNBC; September 16, 2009)
• Scientists: Aggressive Poaching Could Wipe Out Gorilla Population in Areas of Congo  (Fox News; September 17, 2009)

Added September 16, 2009

• Study: Some animals can think about thinking  (MSNBC; September 15, 2009)
• African Origin Of Anthropoid Primates Called Into Question With New Fossil Discovery  (ScienceDaily; September 15, 2009)

Added September 15, 2009

• Primates thrive in Gibbon Sanctuary  (Assam Tribune; September 2, 2009)
• Chimps use tool kit to catch ants  (BBC News; September 2, 2009)
• The story of the development of noninvasive heart care  (EurekAlert; September 14, 2009)
• Evidence Points To Conscious 'Metacognition' In Some Nonhuman Animals  (ScienceDaily; September 15, 2009)
• How do you give a 500-pound gorilla a physical exam? Lots of training  (Florida Times-Union; September 14, 2009)

Added September 11, 2009

• 10 Questions for Jane Goodall  (Time; September 10, 2009)
• Beaverton primate center researchers achieve genetic disorder breakthrough  (Beaverton Valley Times; September 10, 2009)

Added September 10, 2009

• Chimpanzees Suffer Psychologically Like Humans  (Reuters; September 9, 2009)
• Monkey malaria strain can be fatal in humans: study  (AFP; September 9, 2009)

Added September 9, 2009

• UW-Madison expanding primate labs at would-be protest museum site  (Wisconsin State Journal; September 4, 2009)
• Chimps Trained To Enable Keepers To Take DNA Samples With Cheek Swabs  (ScienceDaily; September 6, 2009)
• Infant chimps 'better behaved' than human counterparts  (Telegraph; September 8, 2009)
• Chimps imitate yawning animations  (BBC News; September 8, 2009)
• On-The-Job Chimps Use Multiple Tools  (Scientific American; September 9, 2009; Podcast)
• Researchers reproduce anti-AIDS monkey gene  (AFP; September 8, 2009)

Added September 8, 2009

• Guidelines for the prevention and control of tuberculosis in non-human primates: recommendations of the European Primate Veterinary Association Working Group on Tuberculosis  (Journal of Medical Primatology 38(1): 59-69, 2009 (Login required))