Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Little Langur


Eleven-day-old Golden Langur Joon clings to his mother Sameli inside their enclosure at a zoo cum botanical garden in Guwahati, the major city of India's northeastern state of Assam, November 17, 2006. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah (INDIA)

Males Chimps Prefer Mature Mates


A chimp rests in his cage in Berlin's zoo in this January 7, 2003 file photo. Chimpanzee males prefer to have sex with older females, U.S. researchers found in a study published on Monday that shows one of the biggest behavioural differences between humans and our closest biological relatives. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

I See Your True Colors


Three different-coloured mouse lemurs – one with reddish-brown fur, one with grey fur and one with mixed colouration – actually belong to the same species, researchers have discovered after a new genetic analysis.

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Saturday, November 18, 2006
Cute Even Without Monkeys
I just picked up a set of Tord Boontje window clings and 3 paper garlands from Target. The world on the internet is that they're very hard to find and were only produced in limited quantities. Both are decorated with rabbits, bears and deer. Even without monkeys, I love them.



Thursday, November 16, 2006
Save the Chimps

I recently watched a great PBS special about chimp rescues called Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History.

One of the featured organizations, Save the Chimps, offers a program where you can "adopt" a chimp for $120 a year, a great gift for the monkey-lover in your life.

Too Much Monkey Business



There are too many monkeys in Indian cities. The short term fix, guard langurs who frighten away the smaller rhesus monkeys.



Langur photographed by David Sanger.

Stolen Monkeys Show Off New Baby



Two rare monkeys who were found during police raids 11 days after being stolen from an East Sussex zoo have been showing off their new baby

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Thursday, November 02, 2006
98.4% Human



via Reuters


A young bonobo ape, a primate unique to Congo and humankind's closest relative, clings to its mother at Lola Ya Bonobo sanctuary just outside the capital Kinshasa, October 31, 2006. Scientifically named Pan paniscus, but more commonly known as pygmy chimpanzees, bonobos share 98.4% of their genetic make-up with humans and are at risk of extinction due to more than a decade of conflict in Central Africa.