Research on non‐human primates in the endangered tropical dry forest of Sector Santa
Rosa (SSR), Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), was launched in 1983 and is now …

Studying biological ageing in animal models can circumvent some of the confounds
exhibited by studies of human ageing. Ageing research in non-human primates has …

Personality in animals has been extensively researched in recent decades. Temporal
consistency of behaviors is almost always part of the personality definition and is usually …

In recent years, research on animal personality has exploded within the field of behavioral
ecology. Consistent individual differences in behavior exist in a wide range of species, and …

Documenting inbreeding and its potential costs in wild populations is a complicated matter.
Early infant death before genetic samples can be collected limits the ability of researchers to …

Intra-species contests are common in the animal kingdom and can have fitness
consequences. Most research on what predicts contest outcome focuses on morphology …

Prenatal developmental plasticity in response to various environmental and social
adversities can affect multiple aspects of offspring phenotype including social behavior …

In humans, socioeconomic status (SES) has profound outcomes on socio‐emotional
development and health. However, while much is known about the consequences of SES …

In humans, being more socially integrated is associated with better physical and mental
health and/or with lower mortality. This link between sociality and health may have ancient …

Rank acquisition is a developmental milestone for young primates, but the processes by
which primate yearlings attain social rank in the absence of the mother remain unclear. We …