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The American Society of Primatologists is a scientific organization promoting discovery & exchange of primate info. Follows/RTs not necessarily endorsements.
Congratulations to ASP’s Research Grant Awardee Lauren Meckler, Ph.D. student in Biological Psychology at UC Davis for her project “The cost of childcare: How family-building affects sleep and inflammation in a biparental primate.” #primatology
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November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Congratulations to ASP’s Research Grant Awardee Lauren Meckler, Ph.D. student in Biological Psychology at UC Davis for her project “The cost of childcare: How family-building affects sleep and inflammation in a biparental primate.” #primatology
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Congratulations to ASP’s Emerging Conservationist Awardee @Jhoanny Rasojivola, M.S. and Field Director and Conservation Project Manager of The Dr. Abigail Ross Foundation of Applied Conservation.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Congratulations to ASP’s Emerging Conservationist Awardee @Jhoanny Rasojivola, M.S. and Field Director and Conservation Project Manager of The Dr. Abigail Ross Foundation of Applied Conservation.
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Reserva la fecha ahora 🐒 ¡Nos agradeces después! 🦧
ASP 2026 Arlington, VA
17-20 de junio de 2026
Este año es un hito especial: ¡ASP cumple 50 años! Esperamos que nos acompañes en el gran 50 aniversario de la fundación de ASP. 🥂
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ASP 2026 Arlington, VA
17-20 de junio de 2026
Este año es un hito especial: ¡ASP cumple 50 años! Esperamos que nos acompañes en el gran 50 aniversario de la fundación de ASP. 🥂
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November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reserva la fecha ahora 🐒 ¡Nos agradeces después! 🦧
ASP 2026 Arlington, VA
17-20 de junio de 2026
Este año es un hito especial: ¡ASP cumple 50 años! Esperamos que nos acompañes en el gran 50 aniversario de la fundación de ASP. 🥂
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ASP 2026 Arlington, VA
17-20 de junio de 2026
Este año es un hito especial: ¡ASP cumple 50 años! Esperamos que nos acompañes en el gran 50 aniversario de la fundación de ASP. 🥂
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Save the date now🐒 thank us later 🦧
ASP 2026 Arlington, VA
June 17-20, 2026
This year is a special milestone - ASP is turning 50! We hope you will join us at the big 5-0 anniversary of the incorporation of ASP 🥂
Check our website for meeting updates and details at asp.org/asp-meetings/asp-2026/
ASP 2026 Arlington, VA
June 17-20, 2026
This year is a special milestone - ASP is turning 50! We hope you will join us at the big 5-0 anniversary of the incorporation of ASP 🥂
Check our website for meeting updates and details at asp.org/asp-meetings/asp-2026/
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Save the date now🐒 thank us later 🦧
ASP 2026 Arlington, VA
June 17-20, 2026
This year is a special milestone - ASP is turning 50! We hope you will join us at the big 5-0 anniversary of the incorporation of ASP 🥂
Check our website for meeting updates and details at asp.org/asp-meetings/asp-2026/
ASP 2026 Arlington, VA
June 17-20, 2026
This year is a special milestone - ASP is turning 50! We hope you will join us at the big 5-0 anniversary of the incorporation of ASP 🥂
Check our website for meeting updates and details at asp.org/asp-meetings/asp-2026/
🌳 Happy #WorldLemurDay!
Lemurs live only in Madagascar & all species are endangered. They help forests grow but face habitat loss, hunting & the pet trade.
💚 Support conservation + the Captive Primate Safety Act: lemurconservationnetwork.org
#LemurLove
Lemurs live only in Madagascar & all species are endangered. They help forests grow but face habitat loss, hunting & the pet trade.
💚 Support conservation + the Captive Primate Safety Act: lemurconservationnetwork.org
#LemurLove
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🌳 Happy #WorldLemurDay!
Lemurs live only in Madagascar & all species are endangered. They help forests grow but face habitat loss, hunting & the pet trade.
💚 Support conservation + the Captive Primate Safety Act: lemurconservationnetwork.org
#LemurLove
Lemurs live only in Madagascar & all species are endangered. They help forests grow but face habitat loss, hunting & the pet trade.
💚 Support conservation + the Captive Primate Safety Act: lemurconservationnetwork.org
#LemurLove
🌳 Keep me in the canopy! 🌳
It’s #InternationalGibbonDay! Gibbons are endangered acrobats of the forest who sing every morning 🎶
Support the Captive Primate Safety Act to help end the primate pet trade.
#InternationalGibbonDay #PrimatesAreNotPets
It’s #InternationalGibbonDay! Gibbons are endangered acrobats of the forest who sing every morning 🎶
Support the Captive Primate Safety Act to help end the primate pet trade.
#InternationalGibbonDay #PrimatesAreNotPets
October 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🌳 Keep me in the canopy! 🌳
It’s #InternationalGibbonDay! Gibbons are endangered acrobats of the forest who sing every morning 🎶
Support the Captive Primate Safety Act to help end the primate pet trade.
#InternationalGibbonDay #PrimatesAreNotPets
It’s #InternationalGibbonDay! Gibbons are endangered acrobats of the forest who sing every morning 🎶
Support the Captive Primate Safety Act to help end the primate pet trade.
#InternationalGibbonDay #PrimatesAreNotPets
🦉💡 ¡Llamado a todos los investigadores de primates! ¡El Grant de Investigación Brumback sobre Aotus ya está abierto para postulaciones! Hasta $4,500 USD para financiar proyectos de conservación in situ enfocados en los monos nocturnos (Aotus spp.).
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October 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🦉💡 ¡Llamado a todos los investigadores de primates! ¡El Grant de Investigación Brumback sobre Aotus ya está abierto para postulaciones! Hasta $4,500 USD para financiar proyectos de conservación in situ enfocados en los monos nocturnos (Aotus spp.).
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🦉💡 Calling all primate researchers! The Brumback Aotus Research Grant is open for applications! Up to $4,500 to fund in-situ conservation projects focused on night monkeys (Aotus spp.). ASP members & international collaborators encouraged to apply.
📩 Apply now: asp.org/grants-and-a...
📩 Apply now: asp.org/grants-and-a...
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🦉💡 Calling all primate researchers! The Brumback Aotus Research Grant is open for applications! Up to $4,500 to fund in-situ conservation projects focused on night monkeys (Aotus spp.). ASP members & international collaborators encouraged to apply.
📩 Apply now: asp.org/grants-and-a...
📩 Apply now: asp.org/grants-and-a...
“I went to that conference as a scientist. I left four days later as an activist.”
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October 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“I went to that conference as a scientist. I left four days later as an activist.”
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The American Society of Primatologists and its members mourn the passing yesterday of Dr. Jane Goodall. Dr. Goodall was an outstanding scientist and educator, who inspired generations of global citizens to value and protect our natural world.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The American Society of Primatologists and its members mourn the passing yesterday of Dr. Jane Goodall. Dr. Goodall was an outstanding scientist and educator, who inspired generations of global citizens to value and protect our natural world.
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🔊 URGENT: Blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) on Idjwi Island, DRC, face local extinction due to deforestation & hunting. VAM ASBL seeks researchers & universities for partnership.
Join us in protecting biodiversity through reforestation, education & community action.
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Join us in protecting biodiversity through reforestation, education & community action.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🔊 URGENT: Blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) on Idjwi Island, DRC, face local extinction due to deforestation & hunting. VAM ASBL seeks researchers & universities for partnership.
Join us in protecting biodiversity through reforestation, education & community action.
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Join us in protecting biodiversity through reforestation, education & community action.
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See you in June! ASP is heading to the East Coast in 2026 ❤️
Stay tuned for registration, abstracts, symposia and roundtables deadlines.
Stay tuned for registration, abstracts, symposia and roundtables deadlines.
September 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
See you in June! ASP is heading to the East Coast in 2026 ❤️
Stay tuned for registration, abstracts, symposia and roundtables deadlines.
Stay tuned for registration, abstracts, symposia and roundtables deadlines.
ASP 2025 is less than a week away! Will you be joining us? 🦍
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September 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
ASP 2025 is less than a week away! Will you be joining us? 🦍
Read the comments below for more information! ⬇️
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We hope to see you at ASP 2025 in Chicago! 🐒 if you are attending in person and are looking to share a room at the conference hotel, please post your information and request on the ASP Members Facebook page! #ASPChicago2025
August 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We hope to see you at ASP 2025 in Chicago! 🐒 if you are attending in person and are looking to share a room at the conference hotel, please post your information and request on the ASP Members Facebook page! #ASPChicago2025
The ASP Conservation Committee is hosting a roundtable discussion at the annual meeting to discuss the Captive Primate Safety Act, H.R. 3199
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August 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The ASP Conservation Committee is hosting a roundtable discussion at the annual meeting to discuss the Captive Primate Safety Act, H.R. 3199
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🐵 New Hot Topic in Primate Welfare 🐵
For this quarter, ASP is featuring the use of Artificial Intelligence for research and enrichment across settings and species.
Read our interview with three primatologists here: asp.org/2025/08/13/a...
For this quarter, ASP is featuring the use of Artificial Intelligence for research and enrichment across settings and species.
Read our interview with three primatologists here: asp.org/2025/08/13/a...
Artificial Intelligence for Primate Care and Research - American Society of Primatologists
For this quarter’s Hot Topics in primate welfare, ASP is featuring the use of Artificial Intelligence for research and enrichment across settings and species. We interviewed three experts who use Arti...
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August 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🐵 New Hot Topic in Primate Welfare 🐵
For this quarter, ASP is featuring the use of Artificial Intelligence for research and enrichment across settings and species.
Read our interview with three primatologists here: asp.org/2025/08/13/a...
For this quarter, ASP is featuring the use of Artificial Intelligence for research and enrichment across settings and species.
Read our interview with three primatologists here: asp.org/2025/08/13/a...
📣 Grant Deadline approaching! Applications for the ASP Melinda Novak Primate Welfare Grant is August 15, 2025.
Funding will be awarded to innovative and impactful research projects designed to improve the lives of nonhuman primates in any setting (captive, semi-free ranging, and wild).
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Funding will be awarded to innovative and impactful research projects designed to improve the lives of nonhuman primates in any setting (captive, semi-free ranging, and wild).
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August 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
📣 Grant Deadline approaching! Applications for the ASP Melinda Novak Primate Welfare Grant is August 15, 2025.
Funding will be awarded to innovative and impactful research projects designed to improve the lives of nonhuman primates in any setting (captive, semi-free ranging, and wild).
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Funding will be awarded to innovative and impactful research projects designed to improve the lives of nonhuman primates in any setting (captive, semi-free ranging, and wild).
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📢 The deadline to apply for the ASP Student Competition has been extended to 11:59 PM (EST) on August 15, 2025!
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August 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
📢 The deadline to apply for the ASP Student Competition has been extended to 11:59 PM (EST) on August 15, 2025!
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Spanish version: Sé la voz de quienes no tienen una.
🎬 Esto no es solo un video — es un llamado al cambio.
✔️ Comparte este video con tu red.
✔️ Llama a tus representantes. Pídeles que apoyen y voten a favor de la H.R. 3199.
✔️ Inicia la conversación.
🎥: Carla Rojas
🎬 Esto no es solo un video — es un llamado al cambio.
✔️ Comparte este video con tu red.
✔️ Llama a tus representantes. Pídeles que apoyen y voten a favor de la H.R. 3199.
✔️ Inicia la conversación.
🎥: Carla Rojas
July 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Spanish version: Sé la voz de quienes no tienen una.
🎬 Esto no es solo un video — es un llamado al cambio.
✔️ Comparte este video con tu red.
✔️ Llama a tus representantes. Pídeles que apoyen y voten a favor de la H.R. 3199.
✔️ Inicia la conversación.
🎥: Carla Rojas
🎬 Esto no es solo un video — es un llamado al cambio.
✔️ Comparte este video con tu red.
✔️ Llama a tus representantes. Pídeles que apoyen y voten a favor de la H.R. 3199.
✔️ Inicia la conversación.
🎥: Carla Rojas
Be the voice for those who don’t have one.
🎬 This isn’t just a video — it’s a call for change.
✔️ Share this video with your network.
✔️ Call your representatives. Tell them to support and vote yes on H.R. 3199.
✔️ Start the conversation.
🎥: Carla Rojas
🎬 This isn’t just a video — it’s a call for change.
✔️ Share this video with your network.
✔️ Call your representatives. Tell them to support and vote yes on H.R. 3199.
✔️ Start the conversation.
🎥: Carla Rojas
July 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Be the voice for those who don’t have one.
🎬 This isn’t just a video — it’s a call for change.
✔️ Share this video with your network.
✔️ Call your representatives. Tell them to support and vote yes on H.R. 3199.
✔️ Start the conversation.
🎥: Carla Rojas
🎬 This isn’t just a video — it’s a call for change.
✔️ Share this video with your network.
✔️ Call your representatives. Tell them to support and vote yes on H.R. 3199.
✔️ Start the conversation.
🎥: Carla Rojas
The ASP 2025 pre-conference workshop, hosted by the ASP Primate Care Committee, is on the topic of primate welfare assessment. This is an 8hour workshop to be held on September 16th 2025 from 1-5pm and September 17th from 8am-12pm at the conference venue, the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel.
July 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The ASP 2025 pre-conference workshop, hosted by the ASP Primate Care Committee, is on the topic of primate welfare assessment. This is an 8hour workshop to be held on September 16th 2025 from 1-5pm and September 17th from 8am-12pm at the conference venue, the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel.
🦧✨ End the pet primate trade — support the Captive Primate Safety Act!
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🛑🦧 #CaptivePrimateSafetyAct #PrimatesNotPets #WildlifeProtection #Conservation #ASPVoice #Primatology
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🛑🦧 #CaptivePrimateSafetyAct #PrimatesNotPets #WildlifeProtection #Conservation #ASPVoice #Primatology
July 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🦧✨ End the pet primate trade — support the Captive Primate Safety Act!
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🛑🦧 #CaptivePrimateSafetyAct #PrimatesNotPets #WildlifeProtection #Conservation #ASPVoice #Primatology
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🛑🦧 #CaptivePrimateSafetyAct #PrimatesNotPets #WildlifeProtection #Conservation #ASPVoice #Primatology
The program for our 2025 annual meeting in Chicago from September 17-20 is now live! asp.org/asp-meetings...
July 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The program for our 2025 annual meeting in Chicago from September 17-20 is now live! asp.org/asp-meetings...
Apply for the 2025 ASP Trainee Presentation Competition! Winners receive a certificate, cash prize, and a one-year FREE membership to ASP with electronic access to AJP. Deadline: 11:59PM (EST) August 1, 2025.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Apply for the 2025 ASP Trainee Presentation Competition! Winners receive a certificate, cash prize, and a one-year FREE membership to ASP with electronic access to AJP. Deadline: 11:59PM (EST) August 1, 2025.
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Join us and @aibsbiology.bsky.social for the 2025 #Biological #Sciences Congressional District Visits event. Participation is free. Registration is required and will close on July 14, 2025. #AIBS #BSCDV #SciPol io.aibs.org/cdv
Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits
The Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event enables scientists to meet with their federal or state elected officials in their home state and allows policymakers to learn first-hand abo...
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July 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Join us and @aibsbiology.bsky.social for the 2025 #Biological #Sciences Congressional District Visits event. Participation is free. Registration is required and will close on July 14, 2025. #AIBS #BSCDV #SciPol io.aibs.org/cdv