Structural' enrichment tools are larger, more permanent additions to the caging unit that can provide nonhuman primates with a more interactive environment; such devices can help subdivide the ...

As part of the improved care of the chimpanzees, initial training and continued educational opportunities for staff members have been expanded to include topics on primate behavior, well-being, and ...

Structural enrichment can be used to open up the vertical ... Conversely, vertical movement is vital to primates, as they may flee upwards when they perceive a threat. They show a distinct ...

Environmental enrichment is designed to promote the behavioral health of understimulated nonhuman primates by providing them with species-appropriate conditions for the expression of species-typical ...

Genetic engineering in non-human primates has long been limited by the need for virus-based gene delivery methods. Recently, researchers in Japan successfully used a nonviral system to introduce a ...

LEON, Fl. (WALB) - The North Florida Wildlife Center announced the birth of two endangered primates. They are a ring-tailed lemur named Zava, and one Cotton-Topped Tamarin named Echo! According to ...