Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food -- whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist. Now, researchers say they have discovered groups of the silver-haired monkeys in Indonesia that fish.
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Scientists find monkeys who know how to fish
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Submitted by jcolman on Wed, 2008-06-11 11:49. | Tags: science | animals | behavipor | conservation | evolution | fish | indonesia | learning | monkeys | Nature | nature conservancy | psychology | science | teaching | the nature conservancy | tnc

Roaming Monkeys Highlight Climate Change in Africa
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A population of White Bearded De Brazza’s monkeys were sighted recently in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, far from their original homes, raising concerns over climate change. The monkeys were spotted in a forest area that had dried out as the climate in Kenya became more arid.
Submitted by Bukowsky on Fri, 2007-11-02 20:45. | Tags: nature | adaptation | africa | climate change | environment | global warming | kenya | monkeys

Creationists take that: Monkeys use baby talk with their kids!
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Recent research has revealed that female rhesus monkeys from Puerto Rico “gaga†over their offspring. The research proves that we're not that different after all!
Submitted by inghamb87 on Mon, 2007-08-27 17:20. | Tags: science | ecology | environment | monkeys