The Owl Monkey Project

An interview with Dr. Fernandez-Duque, co-author of the Science Advances article "Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter"

El riesgo de extinción de los primates no humanos Treinta investigadores, pertenecientes a instituciones académicas repartidas a lo largo de todo el globo terráqueo, elaboraron un trabajo conjunto publicado en Science Advances en el que se llama la atención sobre la crisis que atraviesa la existencia de los primates, el pariente biológico más cerca...

Approximately "60% of primate species...are threatened with extinction because of unsustainable human activities." Read more about the threats non-human primates face, what can be done to prevent this, and why they are important to humans in the latest issue of Science Advances.

Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter Nonhuman primates, our closest biological relatives, play important roles in the livelihoods, cultures, and religions of many societies and offer unique insights into human evolution, biology, behavior, and the threat of emerging diseases. They are an essential component of tropical biodiversity, co...

Dr. Eduardo Fernandez-Duque isn't the only anthropologist at Yale who researches fatherhood. We present our new audio series featuring five different takes on the 'Anthropology of Dad', including an interview about our own owl monkeys. Project member Ben Finkel brings you these pieces. ¡Escuchen!

Anthropology of Dad In honor of Father's Day we were curious to find out, just how come so many Yale anthropologists research fatherhood? In a set of interviews, we ask five experts and explore the different questions an

Just in time for El Día de Padre, we have some exciting Yale media to share about our owl monkeys. Who else is on your list of best dads in the animal kingdom?

Best dads on the planet? Let’s start with these little guys The world’s finest fathers just might be covered with fur and live in the trees of Argentina. They’re owl monkeys, and a growing body of research indicates that males of the species do much of the nur

Feliz día de la Biodiversidad

22 MAY 2015
International Day for Biological Diversity
Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

It has already started in the Eastern hemisphere!

Happy International Day for Biological Diversity!
Bonne Journée internationale de la diversité biologique!
Feliz Día Internacional de la Diversidad Biológica!
Хорошего международного дня биологического разнообразия!
生物多样性国际日快乐!
!يوم دولي للتنوع البيولوجي سعيد

https://www.cbd.int/idb/2015/messages/

Muy bueno

Los primates de América del Sur tienen su origen en África Científicos de Argentina y Estados Unidos han descubierto en Perú los fósiles de primate más antiguos conocidos hasta la fecha. Hasta ahora, los registros fósiles más antiguos procedían de Bolivia y tenían unos 26 millones de años

An OMP twitter? not yet, but you can check out two project members' tweets for more primates and science

https://twitter.com/MaggieKCorley
https://twitter.com/Benjamin_Finkel

happy Valentine's day from the Owl Monkey Project! Share your love with a lucky primate

¡Feliz día de los enamoradores! Comparten su amor con un primate afortunado

Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Yale University – Monogamous Monkeys Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Yale University – Monogamous Monkeys by Matthew 02/14/2015 | 12:01 0 Posted in Biology, Zoology It’s Valentine’s Day – an appropriate time to look into the love lives of owl monkeys. Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, a biological anthropologist at Yale University, is studying pair…

Check out our new article on the importance of food, jealousy, and paternal care in the evolution of owl monkey monogamy.

Los invito a leer el articulo ya publicado en Natural History sobre la importancia del alimento, los celos y el cuidado paternal en la evolución de la monogamia en el mono mirikiná.

Link al articulo en castellano: http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/features/172829/amor-en-los-tiempos-del-mono

Love in the Time of Monkeys | Natural History Magazine Even though there is great diversity in the organization of human societies, we all fall in love. Many of us maintain long relationships with the person we love romantically—or, as biologists state it, establish pair bonds—and together we form families and raise children, albeit with different level…

This article includes owl monkeys among the "world's most romantic animals" and cites the recent paper on genetic monogamy in owl monkeys.

"Fernandez-Duque and his colleagues collected data on 15 species of mammals that were thought to be monogamous. They found that the less promiscuous the species were, the more time they spent with their children."

¿En tu opinión, cual es la mejor medida biológica de romance?

The world’s most romantic animals IF YOU thought it was hard to find a reliable partner then spare a thought for most of the creatures in the animal world where monogamy is extremely rare.