The animal's cooperation during blood collection guarantees that the results of the experiment will not be unnecessarily confounded by distress reactions (no significant cortisol response during this ...

In early November, the monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Facility after a caretaker didn’t secure the doors, police said.

The NIH closed its investigation into 43 monkeys fled from Alpha Genesis in November. USDA regulators did not think the ...

While we take it as just a fact of life today, before the 1950s and 1960s, many experts on child development treated ...

A truly wonderful sight," he said. The monkeys that escaped are rhesus macaque primates, which have brown fur with red faces and ears. They have close-cropped hair on their heads, which ...

In the study, two rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta ... tells The Scientist. In these experiments, the monkeys still proceeded as though they could solve the puzzle, selecting consistent answers even ...

New studies with rhesus monkeys suggest that peer relations may play an even more decisive role Maternal care has long been known to influence the emotional development of infants.

Harlow’s most famed experiment placed infant rhesus monkeys alongside wire cylinders alternately wrapped in warmed terry cloth or barbed wire. The babies clung without fail to the “cloth ...

212). Gisler, Benson, and Young (1960) warned that "the rhesus monkey is extremely nervous and energetic and is difficult to house. Unquestionably, animals involved in experiments should be housed in ...

By Hank Sanders Nearly three months after 43 monkeys escaped ... more information. The rhesus macaques, which weigh six to seven pounds, are often used for experiments. Alpha Genesis cares for ...

Officials in rural South Carolina say the female rhesus monkeys escaped into the wild after their pen was left open. Australian researchers have poked holes in an old thought-experiment known as ...