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The Surprising Way Monkeys Responded to Hurricane Maria—and What It Might Say About Us
Article Nature, Culture and Spirit
animal behavioranimal intelligenceevolutionary biologyhabitat lossHurricane Marialee alan dugatkin

Cayo Santiago, a 38-acre island off the coast of Puerto Rico, may be uninhabited by humans, but it’s far from empty. The island is home to a colony of approximately 1,700 rhesus macaque monkeys. The monkeys, which were first brought to the island from India in 1938, are the world’s oldest continuously studied group of free-ranging macaques. For... Read More

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