Education

Stump-tailed Macaques By Breanne Cyr, Primates Incorporated Volunteer Physical Characteristics As its name implies, the stump-tailed macaque, otherwise known as the “bear macaque” or “Macaca arctoides,” get its name from its short tail and thick, dark brown hair (1,2,4).  Its tail is hairless and only measures between 0.12 and 2.7…

Monkey, Apes, and Humans: How are we different? By Breanne Cyr, Primates Incorporated Volunteer When is the last time you received an email from a primate?  Chances are, it was not long before you started reading this.  That’s because along with monkeys and apes, humans are primates, too (1,2,5).  Although…

New World vs. Old World Monkeys By Bri Vogel, Primates Incorporated Volunteer To many, the word monkey means just one thing—some vine-swinging, tree-dwelling primate, usually brown and fuzzy and cute. But did you know that there are actually over 250 different species of monkeys? These species are divided into two…

This is George. He is happily retired at OPR Coastal Primate Sanctuary. Since it is The Year of the Monkey, we will feature a different monkey species every month. Here is The Life of a Rhesus Monkey by Viridiana Fosnow, Primates Incorporated Volunteer Rhesus monkeys are Old World monkeys and…