Captive rhesus macaques are not naturally aggressive, but poor husbandry and handling practices can trigger their aggression toward conspecifics and toward the human handler. The myth of the ...

Apparently, venipunture per se need not be a distressing experience for a rhesus monkey provided that the animal is not removed from its familiar home cage for this procedure. Figure 10.4. Serum ...

Of two hunky monkeys, which would you say has the most sex appeal? That’s easier to answer if you’re a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)—or Constance Dubuc, an evolutionary biologist at the ...

For the last half-century, the rhesus macaque, or the rhesus monkey, revered in Hinduism as ... or being used in pet industries, among other forms of abuse. Now, inexplicably, those protections ...

Although the rhesus monkey is an excellent model of human growth hormone physiology, no developmental survey of serum concentrations of the growth hormone dependent somatomedin, insulin-like ...

Residents in Ica called wildlife officials to report an escaped pet monkey entering their homes and wreaking havoc. Photos show the rescued animal. Photo from Peru’s National Forestry and ...