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Scientists join forces to save Puerto Rico's 'Monkey Island'

  • Written by Alexandra Rosati, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
imageRhesus monkeys on Cayo Santiago.Alyssa Arre, CC BY-ND

“00O made it!” There was some news to celebrate on Sept. 28 in the email chain of scientists who work at the Cayo Santiago Field Station. Cayo Santiago is a 38-acre tropical island off the coast of Puerto Rico and home to approximately 1,500 rhesus monkeys, earning it the local...

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