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Year of the Monkey: Monkey, Apes, and Humans: How are we different?

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…

Primates Incorporated04/08/2016

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Year of The Monkey: Old World Monkey vs. New World Monkey

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…

Primates Incorporated03/04/2016

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Year of The Monkey: Highlighting the Rhesus Monkey

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…

Primates Incorporated02/11/2016

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Primates Deserve Respect in Retirement

source: Capital Times http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/mailbag/amy-m-kerwin-monkeys-deserve-respect-in-retirement/article_077dc1dd-a9ea-5b0e-8e61-61b1351e0f09.html (Below is a letter to the editor sent to the Capital Times from the Founder, Amy M. Kerwin - she makes the case for retiring monkeys from Madison laboratories.) March 22, 2015 Dear Editor: The coverage of primate research in Madison provided by The Capital Times…

Primates Incorporated03/24/2015