Latest Monkeys News
Ice pops cool down monkeys in Brazil at a Rio zoo during a rare winter heat wave
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Upon spotting a zookeeper laden with a bucket full of fruit-flavored ice pops, black spider monkeys in Rio de Janeiro’s BioParque gracefully swung their way towards him on Friday, chattering excitedly. While it's technically still winter in Brazil, with...
A Nigerian forest and its animals are under threat. Poachers have become rangers to protect both
OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Sunday Abiodun, carrying a sword in one hand and balancing a musket over his other shoulder, cleared weeds on a footpath leading to a cluster of new trees. Until recently, it had been a spot to grow cocoa, one of several plots that Abiodun and his...
Once nearing extinction, Brazil's golden monkeys have rebounded from yellow fever, scientists say
There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding between branches in the Brazilian rainforest than at any time since efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey reveals. Once on the brink of extinction, with only about 200 animals in the wild, the population has...
Drum-beating 'monkeys' and dancing 'parrots' celebrate 100th anniversary of Mexico City zoo
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of people celebrated the 100th anniversary of Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo Thursday with a costume parade that featured a marching band of lions and children dressed as birds or butterflies. Other revelers dressed up as dancing parrots, acrobatic...
