AmSoc Primatologists
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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 David Meszaros @DavidMeszaros5 Ph.D. student in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Southern California for his project “Cognitive ecology of chimpanzee navigation and nutritional decision making.” #primatology
December 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Congratulations to ASP’s Research Grant Awardee David Meszaros @DavidMeszaros5 Ph.D. student in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Southern California for his project “Cognitive ecology of chimpanzee navigation and nutritional decision making.” #primatology
Happy World Monkey Day! Monkeys are the most diverse and widespread of the primates! They are expert leapers and runners; many are tree-living; all are very social, living in small or large groups. ⬇️
December 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Happy World Monkey Day! Monkeys are the most diverse and widespread of the primates! They are expert leapers and runners; many are tree-living; all are very social, living in small or large groups. ⬇️
🐵New Hot Topics in Primate Welfare🐵
For the last quarter of 2025, we are featuring an interview with the 2023 awardee of the Melinda Novak Welfare Grant, Missy Painter describing her project, Exploring conspecific vocalization playback as a primate welfare tool.
For the last quarter of 2025, we are featuring an interview with the 2023 awardee of the Melinda Novak Welfare Grant, Missy Painter describing her project, Exploring conspecific vocalization playback as a primate welfare tool.
December 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🐵New Hot Topics in Primate Welfare🐵
For the last quarter of 2025, we are featuring an interview with the 2023 awardee of the Melinda Novak Welfare Grant, Missy Painter describing her project, Exploring conspecific vocalization playback as a primate welfare tool.
For the last quarter of 2025, we are featuring an interview with the 2023 awardee of the Melinda Novak Welfare Grant, Missy Painter describing her project, Exploring conspecific vocalization playback as a primate welfare tool.
This week's student spotlight is K.T. Hanson, a PhD Candidate studying the co-production of primatological knowledge through fieldwork experiences in the Anthropology department at The University of Texas at San Antonio. #Futurefriday #FollowFriday
December 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This week's student spotlight is K.T. Hanson, a PhD Candidate studying the co-production of primatological knowledge through fieldwork experiences in the Anthropology department at The University of Texas at San Antonio. #Futurefriday #FollowFriday
Congratulations to ASP’s Research Grant Awardee Claire Kirchhoff, Ph.D. researcher at @MU_BISC for her project, “Gombe baboons from birth to bones.” She is analyzing the skeletal data of baboons (Papio anubis) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Congratulations to ASP’s Research Grant Awardee Claire Kirchhoff, Ph.D. researcher at @MU_BISC for her project, “Gombe baboons from birth to bones.” She is analyzing the skeletal data of baboons (Papio anubis) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania.
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🐒 Conservation small grant applications are due on January 15th, 2026. We are now accepting proposals up to $3,500!
More information below⬇️
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December 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🐒 Conservation small grant applications are due on January 15th, 2026. We are now accepting proposals up to $3,500!
More information below⬇️
More information below⬇️
You showed up! 💙 Thanks to you, $1,075 is going toward emergency support for primate conservation. The fund remains open, so there’s still time to give!
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#GivingTuesday #primatology
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#GivingTuesday #primatology
December 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
You showed up! 💙 Thanks to you, $1,075 is going toward emergency support for primate conservation. The fund remains open, so there’s still time to give!
donorbox.org/asp-emergenc...
#GivingTuesday #primatology
donorbox.org/asp-emergenc...
#GivingTuesday #primatology
Congratulations to ASP’s Research Grant Awardee Elijah Tramm, @elijahtramm.bsky.social graduate student in the Cognitive Origins Lab at the University of Wisconsin Madison for his project, “Recursive sequence learning in nonhuman primates.” #primatology
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December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Congratulations to ASP’s Research Grant Awardee Elijah Tramm, @elijahtramm.bsky.social graduate student in the Cognitive Origins Lab at the University of Wisconsin Madison for his project, “Recursive sequence learning in nonhuman primates.” #primatology
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Last call for Giving Tuesday! Your donation tonight will directly support ASP’s Emergency Response Grants, which provide rapid assistance during natural disasters, conflict, and urgent threats to primates and communities.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Last call for Giving Tuesday! Your donation tonight will directly support ASP’s Emergency Response Grants, which provide rapid assistance during natural disasters, conflict, and urgent threats to primates and communities.
donorbox.org/asp-emergenc...
donorbox.org/asp-emergenc...
We’re halfway through #GivingTuesday, and the response has been inspiring! Thank you to everyone who has already supported ASP’s Emergency Response Grants!!
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December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We’re halfway through #GivingTuesday, and the response has been inspiring! Thank you to everyone who has already supported ASP’s Emergency Response Grants!!
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Today is Giving Tuesday. We’re launching a 24-hour flash campaign to support the ASP Emergency Response (ER) Grants — rapid funding that protects primates and nearby communities when disasters strike.
👉 Make a Giving Tuesday gift: donorbox.org/asp-emergenc...
👉 Make a Giving Tuesday gift: donorbox.org/asp-emergenc...
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today is Giving Tuesday. We’re launching a 24-hour flash campaign to support the ASP Emergency Response (ER) Grants — rapid funding that protects primates and nearby communities when disasters strike.
👉 Make a Giving Tuesday gift: donorbox.org/asp-emergenc...
👉 Make a Giving Tuesday gift: donorbox.org/asp-emergenc...
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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More below⬇️
Join us in protecting biodiversity through reforestation, education & community action.
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More below⬇️
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? 🦍
Read the comments below for more information! ⬇️
Read the comments below for more information! ⬇️
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! ⬇️
Read the comments below for more information! ⬇️
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
(more information in comments ⬇️)
(more information in comments ⬇️)