https://primates.co.uk/ UK science for primate behaviour and conservation en Tue, 10 Nov 2026 02:23:23 GMT https://primates.co.uk/green-card-primate-browse-board-guide/ https://primates.co.uk/green-card-primate-browse-board-guide/ A browse board looks like a simple list of leaves and twigs, but it is really a supply-chain document. Here is how to read it critically, from seasonal plant choices to pesticide risks, toxic species and the awkward question of where all that greenery comes from. Primate Field Notes Conservation & Consumer Choices Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:48:47 GMT https://primates.co.uk/small-bodies-big-signals-juvenile-primate-play-uk/ https://primates.co.uk/small-bodies-big-signals-juvenile-primate-play-uk/ Play is easy to dismiss as background noise on a zoo visit, but juvenile primates offer some of the clearest everyday clues about welfare. Here is how to watch rough-and-tumble, play faces and self-handicapping ethically, and how to avoid mistaking a good wrestle for a real fight. Primate Field Notes Citizen Science & Animal Welfare Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:43:33 GMT https://primates.co.uk/dropping-hints-primate-faecal-log-guide/ https://primates.co.uk/dropping-hints-primate-faecal-log-guide/ Faecal logs are one of the least glamorous tools in primate care, and one of the easiest to misread. Here is how UK keepers, vets and lab staff build a useful picture from scores, diet notes and microbiome results — and where casual readers should slow down. Primate Field Notes Science Communication Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:41:52 GMT https://primates.co.uk/snap-decisions-uk-primate-sanctuary-photography-rules/ https://primates.co.uk/snap-decisions-uk-primate-sanctuary-photography-rules/ A no-flash sticker is not a photography policy. As smartphone use grows, UK primate sanctuaries need clearer rules that protect welfare and still let conservation messages travel. Primate Field Notes Conservation & Consumer Choices Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:41:52 GMT https://primates.co.uk/marmoset-moves-uk-primate-rescue-intake-records/ https://primates.co.uk/marmoset-moves-uk-primate-rescue-intake-records/ Rescue intake records are often shared as shock statistics: another monkey surrendered, another licensing gap exposed. They are useful, but only if you ask who is counted, why they were given up and what the record cannot show. A critical guide for students and wildlife fans. Primate Field Notes Conservation & Consumer Choices Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:42:01 GMT https://primates.co.uk/rocket-science-primate-stress-uk-firework-season/ https://primates.co.uk/rocket-science-primate-stress-uk-firework-season/ Bonfire Night has gone, Diwali is here and New Year's Eve is coming. For UK primate sanctuaries, the loudest weeks of the year are a test of observation, preparation and honest evidence, not just sympathy. Here's what the science can support, what it can't, and how visitors can help without getting in the way. Primate Field Notes Citizen Science & Animal Welfare Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:42:01 GMT https://primates.co.uk/reading-primate-museum-drawers-uk-collections/ https://primates.co.uk/reading-primate-museum-drawers-uk-collections/ Behind the dioramas and the dinosaur skeletons, UK natural history museums hold thousands of primate skins, skulls and spirit jars. Their labels are a kind of field notebook written by people who are long gone — and they still have plenty to say about conservation in 2026. Primate Field Notes Science Communication Sun, 08 Nov 2026 04:43:54 GMT https://primates.co.uk/uk-primate-exhibit-signage-critical-guide/ https://primates.co.uk/uk-primate-exhibit-signage-critical-guide/ Zoo signage is doing three jobs at once: education, marketing and legal cover. Most visitors read it as fact and move on. Here's how to read it as evidence instead — and what to ask when the label makes a claim about conservation. Primate Field Notes Citizen Science & Animal Welfare Sun, 08 Nov 2026 04:43:54 GMT https://primates.co.uk/primate-news-glossary-sceptical-readers-uk/ https://primates.co.uk/primate-news-glossary-sceptical-readers-uk/ Headlines about primates lean on a handful of loaded words — alpha, aggressive, human-like, monkey see monkey do — and most of them are doing more work than the science can support. Here's a short field glossary for reading primate coverage without getting hoodwinked. Primate Field Notes Science Communication Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:44:16 GMT https://primates.co.uk/winter-enrichment-rotation-uk-primate-houses/ https://primates.co.uk/winter-enrichment-rotation-uk-primate-houses/ Come November, Britain's primate collections move indoors and the enrichment rota gets rewritten. Here's what keepers are watching for as the radiators come on — and how visiting students can read the behavioural shifts without jumping to conclusions. Primate Field Notes Citizen Science & Animal Welfare Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:44:16 GMT https://primates.co.uk/uk-primate-sanctuaries-everyday-observation-conservation-data/ https://primates.co.uk/uk-primate-sanctuaries-everyday-observation-conservation-data/ A notebook, a timer and a strict rule about not tapping the glass: UK zoos and sanctuaries are formalising the way volunteers record primate behaviour. Here is what that data can do, how it is used, and where good observation stops. Primate Field Notes Citizen Science & Animal Welfare Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:44:41 GMT https://primates.co.uk/uk-shopping-basket-primate-habitat-labels-guide/ https://primates.co.uk/uk-shopping-basket-primate-habitat-labels-guide/ Coffee, cocoa, palm oil and paper connect UK shopping baskets to primate habitats far beyond the supermarket car park. Here is how to read the label, spot greenwashing and make swaps that actually shift the shelf. Primate Field Notes Conservation & Consumer Choices Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:44:41 GMT