UNO hosted a two-day Student Research and Creative Activity Fair with keynotes, panels, and awards honoring undergraduate and ...

Despite growing evidence of the potential importance of parasites in primate populations, it is currently unclear what aspects of anthropogenic changes to the environment facilitate the transmission ...

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ABSTRACT: Techniques for monitoring adrenal activity through non-invasive methods are increasingly being used. However, for the data obtained to be reliable, it is necessary to validate these ...

Names are a rarity in nature. Until now, we only knew of four animal species that use names to call other individuals: humans, dolphins, parrots and elephants. But according to a study published in ...

Summary: Cooperative breeding influences brain development in common marmosets and humans, allowing longer periods for social learning. Marmoset brains, like human brains, develop socio-cognitive ...

As in humans, infants of common marmosets interact with several caregivers from birth and are thus exposed to intensive social interaction. The development of primate brains is shaped by various ...

University of Zurich researchers have found that social interactions delay brain maturation in marmosets, similar to humans. This prolonged development phase enhances learning, which is vital for ...

Addiction to cocaine, including its derivatives such as crack, remains a global public health concern for which the medical community has yet to find an effective treatment. A team of researchers at ...

McKinley J, Buchanan-Smith HM, Bassett L & Morris K (2003) Training common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) to cooperate during routine laboratory procedures: ease of training and time investment.

Ventura R & Buchanan-Smith HM (2003) Physical environmental effects on infant care and development in captive Callithrix jacchus. International Journal of Primatology ...

A Seba’s short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata) being examined at Ceará state’s Central Public Health Laboratory: bats are important to ecosystem equilibrium and should be handled only by specially ...