Every year, countless primates are bred for the U.S. pet trade and sold as infants or juveniles. They are usually sold on social media sites to people unaware they have purchased a wild primate and perhaps of a species that is threatened with extinction. Stand with us in this critical mission by learning more and […]

ASP is pleased to announce our full endorsement of the Captive Primate Safety Act of 2024 (H.R.8164). As primatologists, we are acutely aware of the immense harm to nonhuman primate welfare and well-being, including emotional, psychological, and often physical trauma, when they are kept as pets. H.R.8164, which has recently been introduced to Congress, strengthens existing […]

The American Society of Primatologists (ASP) encourages news coverage of its annual meetings by accredited journalists representing media organizations, bloggers, and freelance journalists who work for print, radio, television, or online media outlets covering primatology-related topics, hereafter collectively called “members of the press.” Press badges are available for qualified members of the press pending approval, […]

For this quarter’s Hot Topics in primate welfare, ASP is featuring the use of touchscreens, a tool that opens new avenues for research and enrichment that can be used across settings and species. We interviewed three primatologists who use touchscreens as part of their research and welfare programs, including Dr. Chris Martin, Dr. Gill Vale, […]

For the first quarter of 2024, ASP’s Hot Topics in Primate Welfare is featuring the research of Negin Valizadegan, who won the ASP Primate Welfare Award in 2022 for her project titled: “Blood microbiome compositions in humans and captive non-human primates and their variations in sensitivity to bacterial molecules.” Dr. Valizadegan has a PhD in […]

For this quarter of Hot Topics in primate welfare, we are featuring the work of the two winners of the ASP Primate Welfare Award from the 45th annual meeting in Reno, Nevada: Dr. Natalie Castell and Dr. Andrew Haertel. Dr. Natalie Castell Dr. Natalie Castell, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, won […]

Mark your calendars and get your abstracts ready – the 47th meeting of the American Society of Primatologists is September 17-20, 2025 in Chicago, USA! Check out all the meeting details on the ASP 2025 Meeting page and get information about symposium/workshop/roundtable proposals as well as podium and poster presentation abstract submission on the Call […]

On November 6, 2023, the ASP Board of Directors approved a resolution outlining the Society’s position on the conservation of wild primate populations. The text of the resolution follows: The American Society of Primatologists (ASP) is a scientific organization whose purpose is to encourage the discovery, exchange, and dissemination of information regarding nonhuman primates (hereafter […]

For this quarter of Hot Topics in primate welfare, we are featuring the research of Dr. Raquel Costa, Postdoctoral Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at the Japan Monkey Center. Dr. Costa studies gorilla-human interactions in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. In the work we are featuring here, Dr. Costa […]

ASP is adopting an edited version of American Association of Biological Anthropology (AABA) 2023 policy for the sharing of intellectual property and social media use. Intellectual Property and Social Media Policy for ASP Meetings Materials prepared by the presenters together with the content of all oral presentations and poster presentations at the ASP Annual Meeting, […]