Latest Monkeys News

Last 4 escaped monkeys are captured in South Carolina after months on the loose

Jan. 24, 2025 18:07 PM EST

YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina said Friday the last four of 43 escaped monkeys have been recaptured after two months living in the woods, weathering a rare snowstorm and being temped back into captivity by peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The rhesus macaque...

Monkey in a tutu escapes from a home. Missouri sheriff's office says the capture was 'bananas'

Jan. 06, 2025 16:09 PM EST

A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured just before a winter storm slammed the state. “Bananas” is how the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office described the apprehension of the primate in a Facebook post. The spider monkey was...

AI will eavesdrop on world's wildest places to track and help protect endangered wildlife

Dec. 23, 2024 10:51 AM EST

PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, Costa Rica (AP) — The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. So biologist Jenna Lawson hid 350 audio monitors in trees across Costa Rica's lush Osa Peninsula to spy on them. ...

4 monkeys remain free nearly 2 weeks after dozens escaped a South Carolina compound

Nov. 19, 2024 08:01 AM EST

YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Four monkeys remain free nearly two weeks after a group of 43 escaped from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research, authorities said. Two more rhesus macaques were trapped Monday outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, bringing...

6 monkeys are still on the loose from a South Carolina compound after dozens escaped

Nov. 18, 2024 11:54 AM EST

YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Six monkeys were still on the loose early Monday after dozens escaped earlier this month from a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, according to authorities. Two more Rhesus macaques were trapped Sunday outside the Alpha...

From the Amazon rainforest, Biden declares nobody can reverse US progress on clean energy

Nov. 17, 2024 20:55 PM EST

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Speaking from the Amazon rainforest, President Joe Biden declared Sunday that there’s no going back in America’s “clean energy revolution” even as the incoming Trump administration vows to spur fossil fuel production and scale back efforts against climate change. ...