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Added July 3, 2009

• Rumors still abound about Orange Park's 'Monkey Farm'  (Florida Times-Union; July 3, 2009)

Added July 2, 2009

• Fat monkeys put on diet  (Telegraph; July 2, 2009)
• Chimpanzees learn from video demo  (BBC News; July 1, 2009)
• Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution  (Associated Press; July 1, 2009)

Added July 1, 2009

• Malaysia rescues smuggled baby orangutans: report  (AFP; June 30, 2009)
• Botswana: the link between baboons and humans  (Africa Today; June 30, 2009)
• Fossil Suggests Human, Ape Ancestor Hails From Asia  (Discovery News; June 30, 2009)

Added June 30, 2009

• Debate rages on humans' closest relative  (MSNBC; June 29, 2009)

Added June 29, 2009

• Rainforests More Fragile Than Estimated  (Discovery News; June 29, 2009)

Added June 26, 2009

• Monkeys And Humans Use Parallel Mechanism To Recognize Faces  (ScienceDaily; June 25, 2009)
• Monkeys fall for visual illusion  (BBC News; June 25, 2009)

Added June 25, 2009

• On Malaria Struggle, Baboons And Humans Have Similar Stories To Tell  (ScienceDaily; June 24, 2009)

Added June 24, 2009

• Low Brainer: Ancient Skull Shows Early Primates Didn't Need Big Brains  (Scientific American; June 23, 2009)

Added June 23, 2009

• Ancient primate sniffed out dinner in the trees  (Associated Press; June 22, 2009)
• Humans related to orangutans, not chimps  (UPI; June 22, 2009)

Added June 22, 2009

• DNAPES  

Added June 18, 2009

• Conservationists Lobby for Gorilla Protection  (New Times, Rwanda; June 18, 2009)
• Endocrine Society Announces 2009 Laureate Award Winners  (Medical News Today; June 18, 2009)
• Why some monkeys are better liars  (New Scientist; June 18, 2009)
• Individual Primates Display Variation In General Intelligence  (ScienceDaily; June 17, 2009)
• Iowa zoo says 35-year-old monkey sets age record  (Associated Press; June 16, 2009)
• Cambridge life sciences team take part in a new animal adventure series  (Cambridge Network; June 19, 2009)
• Female baboons exploit chaperones  (BBC News; June 16, 2009)
• CARTA to Digitize Extensive Primate Collection  (HPC Wire; June 15, 2009)
• Reintroducing Bonobo Apes Into The Wild: Researchers To Monitor Progress  (ScienceDaily; June 15, 2009)
• Monkeys Use False Alarms to Scam Food?  (National Geographic News; June 15, 2009)
• Stanford neuroscientist explores what is, and is not, unique about humans  (Stanford News Service; June 13, 2009)
• Gorilla injures 1 during brief escape at SC zoo  (Associated Press; June 13, 2009)
• Could the orang-utan be our closest relative?  (New Scientist; June 17, 2009)

Added June 12, 2009

• Urban Myth Disproved: Fingerprints Do Not Improve Grip Friction  (ScienceDaily; June 12, 2009)
• Cruel world of monkey pets  (The Sun; June 12, 2009)
• Emil L. Smith dies at 97; biochemist advanced protein research  (Los Angeles Times; June 12, 2009)

Added June 11, 2009

• Range extended for world's most mysterious gorilla  (Mongabay; June 11, 2009)
• Governments at UN-backed forum issue appeal to save gorillas  (UN News Centre; June 11, 2009)
• Chinese monkey business leaves LA sans simians  (Los Angeles Daily News; June 10, 2009)
• Rare Footage of Elusive Monkeys  (1:57, narrated; BBC; Flash)
• Human Exposure To Controversial Chemical BPA May Be Greater Than Dose Considered Safe  (ScienceDaily; June 11, 2009)
• Indonesian orang-utans and tigers threatened by new logging scheme  (Times Online; June 10, 2009)

Added June 10, 2009

• Close social ties make baboons better mothers, study finds  (UCLA Newsroom; June 9, 2009)
• Chimp chomps Berlin zoo director's finger  (MSNBC; June 9, 2009)

Added June 9, 2009

• Rare footage of elusive monkeys  (BBC News; June 9, 2009)
• Mirroring behavior  (Scientific American; June 9, 2009)

Added June 8, 2009

• Chimps mentally map fruit trees  (BBC News; June 8, 2009)
• Monkey business hard to sustain in slump, Goodall says  (Reuters; June 8, 2009)
• Gorilla business  (Boston Globe; June 8, 2009)
• Racine Zoo now has oldest patas monkey in history  (Racine Journal Times; June 6, 2009)
• Reunion With a Childhood Bully, Taxidermied  (New York Times; June 5, 2009)
• Pictured: Orangutans which have learned to defy their fear of crocodiles by swimming in search of food  (Daily Mail; June 8, 2009)

Added June 4, 2009

• Animal experiments could end in a generation  (Times Online; June 4, 2009)
• Chimps, Other Apes Laugh Like People  (Discovery News; June 4, 2009)
• Ha-Ha! Ape study traces evolution of laughter  (GMA News; June 4, 2009)
• Never Trust a Hungry Monkey  (ScienceNOW; June 3, 2009)

Added June 3, 2009

• Can monkeys mislead?  (The Scientist; June 3, 2009)
• Op-Ed: Why the Elevator Floor Is So Interesting  (Wired; May 27, 2009)
• Chimp-Made Toolkit Most Complex Ever Found  (Discovery News; June 2, 2009)

Added June 2, 2009

• Researchers from the Institut Catala de Paleontologia describe a new hominid  (EurekAlert; June 2, 2009)
• Space Monkey Pictures: 50-Year Anniversary  (National Geographic News; May 29, 2009)
• In That Tucked Tail, Real Pangs of Regret?  (New York Times; June 1, 2009)
• Developmental biology: Transgenic primate offspring  (Nature; May 28, 2009)
• Marmoset model takes centre stage  (Nature News; May 27, 2009)

Added May 29, 2009

• Don't call Jessy a monkey... she's my daughter  (The Sun; May 29, 2009)
• Extensive toolkits give chimps a taste of honey  (ScienceNews; May 28, 2009)
• New malaria agent found in chimpanzees close to that commonly observed in humans  (EurekAlert; May 28, 2009)
• Synchronized Brain Waves Focus Our Attention  (Wired; May 29, 2009)
• New Giant Lemur Species Discovered  (LiveScience; May 28, 2009)
• Celebrity Fossil Primate: Missing Link or Weak Link?  (Science; May 29, 2009)

Added May 28, 2009

• Glowing Green Monkeys Illustrate Important but Controversial Advance  (Los Angeles Times; May 28, 2009)
• Wild spider monkeys control protein intake  (UPI; May 26, 2009)
• Gorilla warfare in the Congo jungle  (Telegraph; May 27, 2009)
• Malaysian orangutans get bridge to help find mates  (AFP; May 27, 2009)
• Orangutans face abuse in Indonesian zoos: study  (AFP; May 27, 2009)
• Gorilla briefly escapes, stays in building  (UPI; May 27, 2009)

Added May 26, 2009

• Rockefeller University names Robert Sapolsky 2008 Lewis Thomas Prize winner  (Rockefeller University Newswire; May 18, 2009)
• Baboon baby boom at animal park  (BBC News; May 18, 2009)
• Why Chimps, Monkeys Don't Develop Alzheimer's  (ABC News; May 26, 2009)
• New rainforest reserve in Congo benefits bonobos and locals  (Mongabay; May 25, 2009)

Added May 22, 2009

• Atlanta's GeoVax at forefront of HIV vaccine research  (Southern Voice; May 22, 2009)
• Dieting an evolutionary phenomenon?  (The Hindu; May 22, 2009)
• Gene transfer may lead to new HIV vaccine  (UPI; May 20, 2009)
• Orangutans cannibalise own babies  (BBC News; May 21, 2009)

Added May 20, 2009

• Building Gorilla Haven  (Chicago Tribune; May 17, 2008)
• A Private Sanctuary for Gorillas  (Chicago Tribune; May 18, 2009; video)
• Feeding Behaviors In Monkeys And Humans Have Ancient, Shared Roots, Bolivian Rainforest Study Suggests  (ScienceDaily; May 20, 2009)

Added May 19, 2009

• Scientist on primate fossil find  (BBC News; May 19, 2009)
• Scientists Unveil Missing Link In Evolution  (Sky News; May 19, 2009)
• Tetsuro Matsuzawa on the chimpanzee mind  (Earth and Sky ; May 18, 2009; Podcast)
• New Insight Into Primate Eye Evolution  (PR Newswire; May 18, 2009)
• Indonesian Orangutan habitat wiped out: activists  (AFP; May 18, 2009)

Added May 18, 2009

• Vaccine Shields Monkeys From Simian Form of HIV  (Forbes; May 17, 2009)

Added May 15, 2009

• Monkeys Learn From Their Mistakes  (AFP; May 15, 2009)

Added May 14, 2009

• Conn. chimp that mauled woman had Xanax in system  (Associated Press; May 13, 2009)
• Owners struggle to find sanctuaries for chimps  (Associated Press; May 14, 2009)
• Gorillas Are No Dummies, Zoo Study Shows  (National Geographic News; May 12, 2009)

Added May 12, 2009

• Cytheris Announces Publication of IL-7 Primate Study Showing Rapid and Massive T Cell Homing to the Gut  (EarthTimes; May 12, 2009)
• Pig-to-Monkey Transplant Treats Diabetes  (Technology Review; May 12, 2009)
• Baby male monkeys act more like female infants after BPA exposure in the womb  (Environmental Health News; May 11, 2009)

Added May 11, 2009

• Cebus  (Geographic Distribution of Genus Cebus, Laboratório de Mastozoologia e Manejo de Fauna)
• Cebus libidinosus  (EthoCebus Project)
• Orangutan makes a run for it at Australian zoo  (Associated Press; May 10, 2009)
• Sir David Attenborough documentary 'reveals missing link in human evolution'  (Telegraph; May 10, 2009)

Added May 8, 2009

• We need rainforest as much as the apes do  (Times Online; May 2, 2009)
• Cross River Gorilla  
• Saving the Last Cross River Gorillas  (PR Newswire; May 1, 2009)
• Sir David Attenborough calls for more protection for orang-utans  (Telegraph; May 1, 2009)
• Aye-aye at Denver Zoo makes history  (Denver Post; May 7, 2009)

Added May 7, 2009

• Carole C. Noon, Who Founded Save the Chimps, Dies at 59  (New York Times; May 6, 2009)
• 'Hobbit' New Species After All, Says Study  (Discovery News; May 6, 2009)
• Chimpanzee population plummets 90 percent in supposedly strong region  (Mongabay; May 6, 2009)
• Chimp gets special tooth surgery  (Stuff, New Zealand; May 7, 2009)

Added May 6, 2009

• Surrogate mom bonds with abandoned baby gorilla  (San Francisco Chronicle; May 5, 2009)

Added May 5, 2009

• The last mountain gorillas, and their protectors  (Christian Science Monitor; May 4, 2009)
• In the Jungle With the Gorilla Whisperer  (ABC News; May 4, 2009)