Scientists Scramble to Save 1,000 Primates on Puerto Rico’s “Monkey Island”

More than two weeks after Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, scientists are still scrambling to save the more than 1,000 rhesus monkeys that live on a small piece of land off the main island’s southeast coast. Cayo Santiago, known as “Monkey Island,” has been a crucial resource for researchers studying primate behavior, cognition and genetics since the 1930s, when scientists brought monkeys to the island from southeast Asia. Since then, a population of rhesus macaques has thrived there, offering scientists a window into the primates’ lives.
Read more: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/scientists-scramble-to-save-1000-primates-on-puerto-ricos-monkey-island/?source=Snapzu