Your recent editorial, “Primate research faces extinction,” makes two points: that the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata, may be an endangered species, and that its use for research purposes by ...

Scientists have been studying the primates at some of the nation’s hot springs, and what they have learned about evolution is astonishing Ben Crair; Photographs by Maciek Pożoga A female ...

OITA--A baby monkey named in honor of Shohei Ohtani’s famous dog was born here just in time to celebrate the Los Angeles Dodgers’ slugger’s historic home run. The Takasakiyama Natural ...

The research is published in the journal Animal Behaviour. The study investigated stress levels in wild female Japanese macaques through self-scratching behavior, as an indicator of stress level.