[NEW ARTICLE] Age estimation based on blood DNA methylation levels in brown bears

Nakamura, S., Yamazaki, J., Matsumoto, N., Inoue-Murayama, M., Qi, H., Yamanaka, M., Nakanishi, M., Yanagawa, Y., Sashika, M., Tsubota, T., Ito, H., & Shimozuru, M. (2023) Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(6): 1211-1225

[NEW ARTICLE] Fall distribution and diversity of cetaceans along the southern and eastern coasts of Hokkaido, Japan

Furumaki, S., Shigematsu, S., Iwahara, Y., & Mitani, Y. (2023) Regional Studies in Marine Science, 62, 102913

[EVENT] Zoo and Aquarium Animal Welfare Science in the US and Japan (March 1, 2023)

Venue: Kyoto City Zoo and Virtual (Zoom)

Primatology and Wildlife Science Virtual Open Campus (21 Feb 2023)

Deadline for registration: 9 a.m. February 7, 2023

[NEW ARTICLE] Changes in Cat Facial Morphology Are Related to Interaction with Humans

Hattori, M., Saito, A., Nagasawa, M., Kikusui, T., & Yamamoto, S. (2022) Animals, 12(24), 3493

[NEW ARTICLE] Partner choice in genito‑genital rubbing among female bonobos (Pan paniscus) is highly dependent on physical proximity

Yokoyama, T., & Furuichi, T. (2022) Primates, 64: 25-33

[NEW ARTICLE] Tidal effects on periodical variations in the occurrence of singing humpback whales in coastal waters of Chichijima Island, Ogasawara, Japan

Tsujii, K., Akamatsu, T., Okamoto, R., Mori, K., & Mitani, Y. (2022) Scientific Reports, 12, 19702

[NEW ARTICLE] Low-cost thermoregulation of wild sloths revealed by heart rate and temperature loggers

Muramatsu, D., Vidal, L. V., Costa, E. R., Yoda, K., Yabe, T., & Gordo, M. (2022) Journal of Thermal Biology, 110: 103387

[NEW ARTICLE] Population genetic structure of wild Malayan tapirs (Tapirus indicus) in Peninsular Malaysia revealed by nine cross-species microsatellite markers

Lim, Q. L., Yong, C. S. Y., Ng, W. L., Ismail, A., Rovie-Ryan, J. J., Rosli, N., Inoue-Murayama, M., & Annavi, G. (2022) Global Ecology and Conservation, 40:e02321

[NEW ARTICLE] Bonobo social organization at the seasonal forest‐savanna ecotone of the Lomami national park

Fasbender, D., Yamba, U., Keuk, K., Hart, T., Hart, J., & Furuichi, T. (2022) American Journal of Primatology, 84(12): e23448

[NEW ARTICLE] The evolution of prestige: Perspectives and hypotheses from comparative studies

Lee, S. H., & Yamamoto, S. (2022) New Ideas in Psychology, Volume 68, 100987

[NEW ARTICLE] Testing the effect of oxytocin on social grooming in bonobos

Brooks, J., Kano, F., Yeow, H., Morimura, N., & Yamamoto, S. (2022) American Journal of Primatology, e23444

[NEW ARTICLE] Seasonal food changes and feeding behaviour adaptations of savanna chimpanzees at Nguye in Ugalla, Tanzania

Yoshikawa, M., Ogawa, H., Koganezawa, M., & Idani, G. (2022) Primates, 63, 585–601

[NEW ARTICLE] Seasonal responses and host uniqueness of gut microbiome of Japanese macaques in lowland Yakushima

Sawada, A., Hayakawa, T., Kurihara, Y., Lee, W., & Hanya, G. (2022) Animal Microbiome, 4, 54

[NEW ARTICLE] Detection of telomere length and oxidative stress in Chondrichthyes

Hori, M., Kimura, S. S., Mizutani, Y., Miyagawa, Y., Ito, K., Arai, N., & Niizuma, Y. (2022) Fisheries Science, 88(6) 741-750

[NEW ARTICLE] Characteristics of urine spraying and scraping the ground with hind paws as scent-marking of captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

Kinoshita, K., Suzuki, M., Sasaki, Y., Yonezawa, A., Kamitani, H., Okuda, R., Ishikawa, T., Tsukui, K., & Kohshima, S. (2022) Scientific Reports, 12, 15594

[NEW ARTICLE] Adaptive Party Choice of Low-Ranking Males in Fission–Fusion Dynamics of Chimpanzees in Kalinzu Forest Reserve, Uganda

Furuichi, S. S., & Hashimoto, C. (2022) Animals, 12(17): 2240

[NEW ARTICLE] Communication sounds produced by captive narrow-ridged finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)

Terada, T., Morisaka, T., Wakabayashi, I., & Yoshioka, M. (2022) Journal of Ethology, 40, 245-256

We found communication sounds in captive narrow-ridged finless porpoises.

[NEW ARTICLE] Why bonobos show a high reproductive skew towards high-ranking males: analyses for association and mating patterns concerning female sexual states

Yokoyama, T., & Furuichi, T. (2022) Primates

2023年度笹川科学研究助成の募集について

■申請期間：2022年 9月15日 から 2022年10月17日 23：59 まで
■主な募集条件
【学術研究部門】
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　・助成額は、1件150万円を限度とする

【実践研究部門】
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　・助成額は、1件50万円を限度とする

教授公募

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院生の受賞

博士後期課程のLim Qi Luanさんが58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and ConservationにてGentry Award for the Best Student Posterを受賞しました。

[NEW ARTICLE] Behavioral responses to spatial heterogeneity in endangered Ganges River dolphins (Platanista gangetica gangetica)

Paudel, S., Koprowski, J. L., Thakuri, U., Sasaki-Yamamoto, Y., & Kohshima, S. (2022) Water Biology and Security

[NEW ARTICLE] Population Characteristics of Feral Horses Impacted by Anthropogenic Factors and Their Management Implications

Mendonça, R. S., Pinto, P., Maeda, T., Inoue, S., Ringhofer, M., Yamamoto, S., & Hirata, S. (2022) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10: 848741

[NEW ARTICLE] Does communal nesting help thermoregulation in Japanese flying squirrels (Pteromys momonga) in winter?

Kikuchi, H., Izumiyama, S., & Oshida, T. (2022) Russian Journal of Theriology, 21(1): 38-44

This article reported "communal nesting behavior" in Japanese flying squirrels which few ecological knowledge.

[NEW ARTICLE] Cryopreservation competence of chicken oocytes as a model of endangered wild birds: Effects of storage time and temperature on the ovarian follicle survival

Fujihara, M., Shiraishi, J., Onuma, M., Ohta, Y., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2022) Animals, 12(11):1434

[NEW ARTICLE] Examining the costs and benefits of male-male associations in a group-living equid

Pinto, P., Mendonça, R. S., & Hirata, S. (2022) Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 253: 105660

[NEW ARTICLE] Ventro-Ventral Copulation by an Adult Male-Female Pair of Japanese Macaques at Arashiyama

Minami, T. (2022) Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science, 13(1): 15-20

The first case of ventro-ventral (face-to-face) copulation by a mature male-female pair of Japanese macaques without physical disabilities.

[NEW ARTICLE] Spontaneous nocturnal erections and masturbation in captive male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Havercamp, K., Brindle, M., Sommer, V., & Hirata, S. (2022) Behaviour, 159(12), 1177-1191

[NEW ARTICLE] Oxytocin promotes species-relevant outgroup attention in bonobos and chimpanzees

Brooks, J., Kano, F., Kawaguchi, Y., & Yamamoto, S. (2022) Hormones and Behavior, 143: 105182

[NEW ARTICLE] Males signal their breeding burrow characteristics to females in the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa

Tina, F. W., & Muramatsu, D. (2022) Behaviour, 159(11), 1045-1062

[NEW ARTICLE] Do female bonobos (Pan paniscus) disperse at the onset of puberty? Hormonal and behavioral changes related to their dispersal timing

Toda, K., Mouri, K., Ryu, H., Sakamaki, T., Tokuyama, N., Yokoyama, T., Shibata, S., Poiret, M., Shimizu, K., Hashimoto, C., & Furuichi, T. (2022) Hormones and Behavior, 142, 105159