News tagged with wildlife conservation

Veterinarians adapt human tests for monkeys

Aug 07, 2008 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A medical test developed to detect an overload of iron in humans has recently been adapted to screen for the condition in some distant relatives: diminutive monkeys from South America, according to veterinarians ...

Newly discovered monkey is threatened with extinction

Biology /

Jul 28, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 0

Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate. Known ...