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Scientists create embryo-like structures from monkey cells

Scientists have created embryo-like structures in the laboratory using cells from monkeys. Under the microscope, these structures looked identical to real early embryos or blastocysts – the ball of cells that usually goes on to make the placenta and ...

06 Apr 2023 at 16:00

Same-sex sexual behaviour is widespread in macaque monkeys, study suggests

Bisexual behaviour among male monkeys is widespread and may be beneficial to them, new research suggests. Observations of a wild colony of macaques over three years suggests same-sex sexual (SSB), or homosexual, behaviour has evolved and may be a ...

10 Jul 2023 at 16:06

Drone footage shows escaped monkey roaming Highlands

Experts searching for a monkey which escaped from a wildlife park three days ago have been able to follow his progress using drones. Keepers said that the Japanese macaque is making his way closer to the Highland Wildlife Park which he left on ...

31 Jan 2024 at 14:19

Monkey on the loose after escaping from Scottish wildlife park

A monkey is on the loose after escaping from a wildlife park in the Scottish Highlands. The Japanese macaque found a way out of its enclosure at Highland Wildlife Park near Kingussie on Sunday morning. Staff at the park, run by the Royal ...

28 Jan 2024 at 17:27

Search in Highlands village for escaped monkey

Keepers are patrolling a village as the search continues for a monkey that has escaped from a wildlife park. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is also in talks with a drone company as part of efforts to find the missing ...

29 Jan 2024 at 15:54

Monkey moving to city zoo following escape from wildlife park

A monkey which spent five days roaming the Highlands after escaping from a wildlife park is being moved to a city zoo to give him a fresh start. Honshu the Japanese macaque found a way out of his enclosure at Highland Wildlife Park ...

29 Feb 2024 at 10:00

Monkey settling back into life at wildlife park after five-day escape

A monkey which spent five days roaming the Highlands after escaping from a wildlife park is “doing really well” after being captured, keepers have said. Honshu the Japanese macaque does not appear to have lost any weight and seems ...

02 Feb 2024 at 13:16

Escaped monkey caught after stopping to eat at bird feeder in garden

A monkey which escaped from a wildlife park in the Highlands has been found in a garden on the fifth day of searches. A search was launched on Sunday after the Japanese macaque found a way out of its enclosure at Highland ...

01 Feb 2024 at 14:36

Improved weather allows drone to resume search for missing monkey

A drone is again being used to search for a monkey which escaped from a wildlife park four days ago. Experts were able to follow the progress of the Japanese macaque for 45 minutes using a drone on Tuesday with help from ...

01 Feb 2024 at 10:57

Friendly monkeys have ‘higher levels of helpful bacteria in their guts’

Friendly monkeys have higher levels of helpful bacteria and lower levels of potentially disease-causing microbes in their guts, research suggests. Scientists from the University of Oxford have found that monkeys ...

11 Nov 2022 at 06:00

Safari park welcomes new baby to troop of endangered monkeys

Keepers have welcomed the birth of a baby macaque at a safari park. The number of endangered Barbary macaques has been reduced to only about 8,000 in the wild, but a troop is looked after at Blair Drummond ...

19 Jun 2024 at 11:44

Scotland

Second Barbary macaque born at safari park

A second Barbary macaque has been born at a Scottish safari park, its thrilled staff have announced. The infant was born to mother Eadie last month and has been named Harper by keepers at Blair Drummond ...

25 Jul 2024 at 15:51

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