[NEW ARTICLE] Genetic diversity and population structure in the Ryukyu flying fox inferred from remote sampling in the Yaeyama archipelago

Taki, Y., Vincenot, C. E., Sato, Y., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2021) PLOS ONE, 16(3): e0248672

[NEW ARTICLE] Two wild female bonobos adopted infants from a different social group at Wamba

Tokuyama, N., Toda, K., Poiret, M., Iyokango, B., Bakaa, B., & Ishizuka, S. (2021) Scientific Reports, 11:4967

Award

Qi Luan Lim won the first prize of Best Oral Award for the Track 3 (Forestry, Conservation and Biodiversity) at the 14th Malaysia International Genetics Congress

[NEW ARTICLE] Effects of diet and age–sex class on the fecal particle size of wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui)

He, T., Lee, W., & Hanya, G. (2021) American Journal of Primatology, 83(5): e23245

[NEW ARTICLE] Uniting against a common enemy: Perceived outgroup threat elicits ingroup cohesion in chimpanzees

Brooks, J., Onishi, E., Clark, I. R., Bohn, M., & Yamamoto, S. (2021) PLOS ONE, 16(2): e0246869

Final Lecture by Professor Shiro Kohshima

Date & Time: 13:00- March 26, 2021
Although this event will be open to all and participation will be free of charge, advance registration will be required. See here for further information.

[NEW ARTICLE] New indices to characterize drawing behavior in humans (Homo sapiens) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Martinet, L., Sueur, C., Hirata, S., Hosselet, J., Matsuzawa, T., & Pelé, M. (2021) Scientific Reports, 11: 3860

[NEW ARTICLE] Social relationships among captive male pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus): Is forming male same-sex pairs a feasible management strategy?

Yamanashi, Y., Nemoto, K., & Alejandro, J. (2021) American Journal of Primatology, 83(2): e23233

[NEW ARTICLE] Sleep Patterns of Aging Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Havercamp, K., Morimura, N., & Hirata, S. (2021) International Journal of Primatology, 42, 89–104

分担執筆の書籍刊行：チンパンジーのサンクチュアリ設立

Hirata, S., Morimura, N., Watanuki, K., Ross, S. (2020). The establishment of sanctuaries for former laboratory chimpanzees: Challenges, successes, and cross-cultural context. In: Hopper, L. M. and Ross, S. (Eds.), Chimpanzees in context: A comparative perspective on chimpanzee behavior, cognition, conservation, and welfare, pp. 208-229, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

[NEW ARTICLE] The nonhuman primate neuroimaging and neuroanatomy project

Hayashi, T., Hou, Y., Glasser, M. F., Autio, J. A., Knoblauch, K., Inoue-Murayama, M., Coalson, T., Yacoub, E., Smith, S., Kennedy, H., & Essen, D. C. V. (2021) Neuroimage , 1, 229, 117726

[NEW ARTICLE] Comparative analysis of sperm motility in liquid and seminal coagulum portions between Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Kinoshita, K., Indo, Y., Tajima, T., Kuze, N., Miyakawa, E., Kobayashi, T., Nakamura, T., Ogata, M., Okumura, F., Hayakawa, T., Morimura, N., Mori, Y., Okamoto, M., Ozaki, Y., & Hirata, S. (2021) Primates, 62, 467–473

[NEW ARTICLE] Dog Stick Chewing: An Overlooked Instance of Tool Use?

Brooks, J., & Yamamoto, S. (2021) Frontiers in Psychology, 11:577100

[NEW ARTICLE] Aerial drone observations identified a multilevel society in feral horses

Maeda, T., Ochi, S., Ringhofer, M., Sosa, S., Sueur, C., Hirata, S., & Yamamoto, S. (2021) Scientific Reports, 11, 71

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[NEW ARTICLE] Olfaction of aquatic amniotes

Kishida, T. (2021) Cell and Tissue Research, 383, 353–365

WHAT JAPAN'S WILD SNOW MONKEYS CAN TEACH US ABOUT ANIMAL CULTURE

Suzumura, one of our technical staff, was interviewed by the Smisonian magazine: WHAT JAPAN'S WILD SNOW MONKEYS CAN TEACH US ABOUT ANIMAL CULTURE

[NEW ARTICLE] The tail-tale of stress: an exploratory analysis of cortisol levels in the tail-hair of captive Asian elephants

Pokharel, S. S., Yoneda, H., Yanagi, M., Sukumar, R., & Kinoshita, K. (2021) PeerJ, 9:e10445

[NEW ARTICLE] Divergent effects of oxytocin on eye contact in bonobos and chimpanzees

Brooks, J., Kano, F., Sato, Y., Yeow, H., Morimura, N., Nagasawa, M., Kikusui, T., & Yamamoto, S. (2020) Psychoneuroendocrinology, Volume 125, 105119

[NEW ARTICLE] Does size matter? Examining the possible mechanisms of multi-stallion groups in horse societies

Pinto, P., & Hirata, S. (2020) Behavioural Processes, 181: 104277

[NEW ARTICLE] Computerized intertemporal choice task in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) with/without postreward delay

Sato, Y., Sakai, Y., & Hirata, S. (2020) Journal of Comparative Psychology, 135(2): 185-195

[NEW ARTICLE] Visual adaptation of opsin genes to the aquatic environment in sea snakes

Seiko, T., Kishida, T., Toyama, M., Hariyama, T., Okitsu, T., Wada, A., Toda, M., Satta, Y., & Terai, Y. (2020) BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20, 158

[NEW ARTICLE] Prey Species and Foraging Behaviour of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) Around Mikura Island in Japan

Takahashi, R., Sakai, M., Kogi, K., Morisaka, T., Segawa, T., & Ohizumi, H. (2020) Aquatic Mammals, 46(6): 531-541

[NEW ARTICLE] Population history and genomic admixture of sea snakes of the genus Laticauda in the West Pacific

Kishida, T., Toda, M., Go, Y., Tatsumoto, S., Sasai, T., & Hikida, T. (2020) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 155, 107005

[NEW ARTICLE] Antioxidative Potency of Dolphin Serum Albumin Is Stronger Than That of Human Serum Albumin Irrespective of Substitution of ³⁴Cysteine With Serine

Suzuki, M., Anraku, M., Hakamata, W., Kishida, T., Ueda, K., & Endoh, T. (2020) Frontiers in Physiology, 11, 598451

[NEW ARTICLE] Bark stripping behavior in relation to Fagaceae mast production and diet in the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)

Mori, T., Sugiura, R., Kato, M., Miura, K., Ogawa, H., Umano, S., Kato, H., Izumiyama, S., & Niizuma, Y. (2020) Journal of Forest Research, 25(6): 450-455

[NEW ARTICLE] [FIELD NOTE] List of food plants of four sympatric Paradoxuriane civet species based on eight-year records on Borneo

Nakabayashi, M. (2020) Tropics, 29(2): 67-75

[NEW ARTICLE] Giraffe diurnal recumbent behavior and habitat utilization in Katavi National Park, Tanzania

Saito, M., & Idani, G. (2020) Journal of Zoology, 312(3): 183-192

[NEW ARTICLE] The impact of Masai giraffe nursery groups on the development of social associations among females and young individuals

Saito, M., Bercovitch, F. B., & Idani, G. (2020) Behavioural Processes, 180: 104227

[NEW ARTICLE] Genetic signatures of evolution of the pluripotency gene regulating network across mammals

Endo, Y., Kamei, K., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2020) Genome Biology and Evolution, 12 (10): 1806-18

[NEW ARTICLE] Genetic Diversity and Genetic Structure of the Wild Tsushima Leopard Cat from Genome-Wide Analysis

Ito, H., Nakajima, N., Onuma, M., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2020) Animals, 10:1375

[NEW ARTICLE] The relationship between plant-eating and hair evacuation in snow leopards (Panthera uncia)

Yoshimura, H., Qi, H., Kikuchi, D. M., Matsui, Y., Fukushima, K., Kudo, S., Ban, K., Kusano, K., Nagano, D., Hara, M., Sato, Y., Takatsu, K., Hirata, S., & Kinoshita, K. (2020) PLoS ONE, 15(7): e023663

ツシマヤマネコの卵子保存の取り組みに関するインタビュー記事

マレーシア・ボルネオ島の研究機関、Danau Girang Field Centreのソーシャルメディアに、ツシマヤマネコの卵子保存の取り組みに関するインタビュー記事が掲載されました。

[NEW ARTICLE] The Lisu people's traditional natural philosophy and its potential impact on conservation planning in the Laojun Mountain region, Yunnan Province, China

Liu, J., Li, D., Matsuzawa, T., & Hirata, S. (2020) Primates, 62, 153–164

[NEW ARTICLE] Phylogeny and ontogeny of mental time

Hirata, S., Betsuyaku, T., Fujita, K., Nakano, T., & Ikegaya, Y. (2020) Neuroscience Research, 170: 13-17

[NEW ARTICLE] Population history of the golden eagle inferred from whole-genome sequencing of three of its subspecies

Sato, Y., Ogden, R., Kishida, T., Nakajima, N., Maeda, T., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2020) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(4): 826–838

[NEW ARTICLE] Temporal patterns of bird mortality due to road traffic collisions in a Mediterranean region

Pinto, P., Lourenço, R., Mira, A., & Santos, S. M. (2020) Bird Study, 67(1): 71-84

[NEW ARTICLE] Development of bed-building behaviors in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Implication for critical period hypothesis and captive management.

Yamanashi, Y., Bando, H., Matsunaga, M., Tanaka, M., Nogami, E., & Hirata, S. (2020) Primates, 61, 639–646

[NEW ARTICLE] Occurrence and transmission of flu-like illness among neighboring bonobo groups at Wamba

Ryu, H., Hill, D. A., Sakamaki, T., Garai, C., Tokuyama, N., & Furuichi, T. (2020) Primate, 61, pages: 775–784

[NEW ARTICLE] Nkala Forest: Introduction of a forest-savanna mosaic field site of wild bonobos and its future prospects

Onishi, E., Brooks, J., Leti, I., Monghiemo, C., Bokika, J., Shintaku, Y., Idani, G., & Yamamoto, S. (2020) Pan Africa News, 27 (1). 2-5

[NEW ARTICLE] Does soil color affect fish evolution? Differences in color change rate between lineages of the sailfin tetra

Pinto, K. S., Pires, T. H. S., Stefanelli-Silva, G., Barros, B. S., Borghezan, E. A., & Zuanon, J. (2020) Neotropical Ichthyology, 18(2): e190093

[NEW ARTICLE] Follicular extracellular vesicles enhance meiotic resumption of domestic cat vitrified oocytes

Ferraz, M. A. M. M., Fujihara, M., Nagashima, J. B., Noonan, M. J., Inoue-Murayama, M., & Songsasen, N. (2020) Scientific Reports, 10, 8619

[NEW ARTICLE] Microsatellite records for volume 12, issue 2

Bang, I., Bruggemann, F., Chen, C., Alexis, Q. D., Gao, H., Gélin, P., Hong, X., Inoue-Murayama, M., Kim, K., Kwak, Y., Li, W., Ma, H., Magalon, H., Nakajima, N., Oury, N., Pierrat, J., Rodolfo-Metalpa, R., Sato, Y., Taki, Y., Vincenot, C. E., Xiang, Z., Yu, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., & Zhu, X. (2020) Conservation Genetics Resources, 12(2), 12-15

[NEW ARTICLE] Key Male Glandular Odorants Attracting Female Ring-Tailed Lemurs

Shirasu, M., Ito, S., Itoigawa, A., Hayakawa, T., Kinoshita, K., Munechika, I., Imai, H., & Touhara, K. (2020) Current Biology, 30(11): 2131-2138