Comment by umichnews on 23/01/2025 at 17:28 UTC

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View submission: Faced with relentless drought, capuchin monkeys showcased their remarkable resilience & provided the first data from wild primates to suggest that a stronger stress response promotes survival. Researchers from the University of Michigan measured hormone levels in capuchins to decode stress response.

I've linked to the press release in the above post. For those interested, here's the Sciences Advances study: Stress responsiveness in a wild primate predicts survival across an extreme El Niño drought[1] (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adq5020)

1: https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.adq5020

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