A critically endangered monkey has given birth just months after surgeons saved her foot in a pioneering operation. Masaya was the first ever roloway monkey to undergo surgery which removed a golf-ball sized mass from her foot. The 15-year-old primate had one toe amputated during the procedure at University of Liverpool’s Small Animal Teaching Hospital. … Read more
This was a real order of monkey business. A Connecticut zoo asked for help naming its baby spider monkey — and revealed the winning moniker on Facebook Friday. The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport created an online poll so the public could help select an ape-propriate name for their female Black-handed spider monkey, which born in … Read more
Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of Punch dragging around the toy bigger than him drew attention to the residents of a zoo near Tokyo. When other monkeys shooed the baby away, Punch rushed back to the toy … Read more
Call it monkey business. IKEA has sold out of its adorable Djungelskog orangutan soft toy, with the $20 item now fetching more than 10 times the retail price on eBay. The plushie has become a coveted collectible in recent weeks after playing a key part in a viral story about a bullied baby monkey at … Read more
People online are going bananas for a baby monkey and its stuffed animal. Punch, a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has gone viral for seeking comfort in a plush toy after his mother abandoned him. Now, the president of IKEA Japan has paid the zoo a visit to make sure there’s always … Read more
Meet the monkey who befriended a dog and loves to cuddle and watch movies with his owner. Michael Robison, 45, rescued Winston four years ago after authorities busted an illegal animal broker. Michael is the founder of SPARTN Sanctuary, a rescue and rehabilitation center for primates, where he has taken in 10 spider monkeys. Among … Read more
ORANGE CITY, Fla. – Residents in one Florida town are on the lookout for monkeys roaming the streets. The Orange City Police Department warned the public on Monday after they received multiple reports of primate sightings within the city limits. The exact number of loose monkeys remains unknown, but officers are urging residents to exercise … Read more
Monkey see, monkey brew. A boozy monkey proved that we’re possibly more alike than once thought after it downed a beer it had scavenged from the garbage as stunned onlookers looked on. A video of the plastered primate is currently blowing up online. In the clip, filmed in Parana State, Brazil, shows two capuchin monkeys … Read more
Veteran TV creator and producer Bill Lawrence has found his next unlikely leading man: Vince Vaughn. Lawrence, 55, best known for creating and producing shows like “Scrubs,” “Ted Lasso” and “Shrinking,” cast Vaughn in his latest show, the dark comedy/drama “Bad Monkey,” which premieres Wed. Aug. 14 on Apple TV+. Based on a novel of … Read more
Congratulations are in order for University of Texas football coach Jeff Banks. Taking to his Instagram this week, the assistant head coach announced he and his longtime girlfriend, Danielle Thomas, a former stripper, tied the knot recently. “Incredible 72 hours with our family and closest friends! We truly love you all now off to Barcelona … Read more
It was like a snapshot of evolution. A cheeky monkey perhaps proved that we’re more closely related than we think after it seemingly took a selfie with two British tourists in Bali, Indonesia. “It definitely was a trip of a lifetime!” Chloe Dennis told Caters News Agency of the primatological photo-op, which occurred while she … Read more
The thriller “Monkey Man” opens on a tender scene and a nod to the power of storytelling, only to quickly get down to down-and-dirty, action-movie business with a flurry of hard blows and faster edits. For the next two frenetic hours, it repeatedly cuts back to the past — where a mother and child happily … Read more
A feisty monkey has torn up a tourist’s passport in Bali leaving the woman aghast and unable to salvage it. The video of the unfortunate incident was posted on the Instagram page Idiots in Bali. While it is unknown how the monkey got its hands on the priceless document, the woman in the video did … Read more
Reports of “monkey dust” coming in from former industrial towns across the UK have residents terrified. Drug-crazed addicts eating shards of glass. People jumping off tall buildings. Super-human “Hulks” overpowering police. These are allegedly the results of people high on “monkey dust,” a synthetic drug with effects similar to amphetamines that have become a scourge … Read more
Monkeys share many traits with humans — including our thirst for alcohol. Medical researchers were able to turn eight rhesus macaque monkeys into heavy drinkers by offering them increasing concentrations of alcohol. With free access to booze all day over a period of six months, it wasn’t long before the monkeys were true party animals, … Read more
Maybe he just loves that chicken from Popeyes? A loose monkey has been spotted in Central Florida, with the elusive simian recently seen scaring a woman working at a Popeyes drive-thru window. “I look over and I’m like, ‘Is this real? This cannot be possible,’” employee Kimberly Bialobos told FOX 35 after seeing the monkey … Read more
Australian influencer Rory Eliza has shared a tearful video about a “cruel” tourist activity in Thailand, warning others not to make the mistake of participating like she did. The 21-year-old, who has 6.9 million followers on TikTok, said she wanted to hold a monkey while holidaying in Phuket and asked around where she could find … Read more
An obscure family of viruses, already endemic in wild African primates and known to cause fatal Ebola-like symptoms in some monkeys, is “poised for spillover” to humans. Evoking parallels to HIV, authors are calling on global health community to be vigilant. According to new research, an obscure family of viruses, already endemic in wild African … Read more