Category Archives: nature

Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 24, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

How did you get so heavy, boy? We had monkey-spit coffee at last week’s party. This week: would you like some macaque milk with that? A study published in this week’s Current Biology looked at the quality of the milk … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The bad news: one third of the world’s primate species are critically endangered. The good news: a new population of De Brazza’s monkey (pictured) has been found in an unexpected area of Kenya, a country in which the species is … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate (Blog) Party

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Today’s Primate Party features a gem of a blog that I came across earlier this week. Bonobo Handshake describes the current field research of Vanessa Woods and her colleagues at a bonobo sanctuary in Congo. It’s full of amazing stories … Continue reading →

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Bits and Bobs…

Posted on August 4, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…a suitably lazy Friday post. 1) ERV and Colbert take down Michael Behe. Our chief weapon is reason, reason and mockery.Our two chief weapons are reason, mockery, and empirical evidence.Amongst our weaponry are such things as… 2) Another reason why … Continue reading →

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