Monkeys cause a stink in response to human noise
New research has found that monkeys increase their use of scent markings to compensate for human noise pollution.
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2023
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News tagged with tamarins
Sharing food aids monkey business
It may be only a shared banana in a tree, but the latest research from the University of St Andrews suggests this sharing of food between monkeys could be the equivalent of humans taking a prospective date out to dinner.
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2020
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Little helpers for the rainforest
Tropical rainforests store large quantities of carbon dioxide, produce oxygen and provide habitats for many animal and plant species. If these ecosystems, which are so important for the global climate and biodiversity, are ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2019
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Study sheds light on social drivers of animal dispersal
Why would male and female animals choose different reproductive strategies? For golden lion tamarins in the Brazilian rain forest, the answer may offer clues to help save this neotropical primate.
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2019
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Can ecotourism save endangered species?
Ecotourism can provide the critical difference between survival and extinction for endangered animals, according to new research from Australia's Griffith University.
Ecology
Feb 18, 2016
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Monkey droppings complement field observations, researchers report
In South American rainforests, researchers can tell one saddle-back tamarin from another, but what's more difficult, is to see what the squirrel-sized monkeys are putting in their mouths. Researchers are beginning to rely ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2015
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Primates indispensable for regeneration of tropical forests
Primates can influence seed dispersal and spatial genetic kinship structure of plants that serve as their food source. This is the result of a cooperation project of behavioral ecologist Eckhard W. Heymann from the German ...
Ecology
Nov 24, 2014
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Brazil: Saving endangered monkey helps forest
(AP)—Three tiny flaming orange monkeys crouched on a tree branch, cocking their heads as if to better hear the high-pitched whistles and yaps that came from deep within the dense green foliage. Then they answered in kind, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2012
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More Amazon extinctions looming unless action is taken: study
(Phys.org) -- Scientists in London are predicting that for many species it may take several generations after deforestation of the Amazonian rainforests in Brazil before they become extinct.
Competition between females leads to infanticide in some primates
An international team of scientists, with Spanish participation, has shed light on cannibalism and infanticide carried out by primates, documenting these acts for the first time in the moustached tamarin (Saguinus mystax). ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2011
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