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Climate

Monkeys drown in well as they search for water in India’s 45C heat

Wildlife has been making its way into villages as humans and animals alike search for relief from the heat.

07/06/2024

Green News

Mexico’s heatwave is causing Howler monkeys to fall dead from trees

Experts expect a ‘lot of casualties’ for the ecosystem if temperature peaks continue.

28/05/2024

Nature

Wounded orangutan uses medicinal plant to heal itself

“This is the first time that we have observed a wild animal applying a quite potent medicinal plant directly to a wound.”

03/05/2024

Health news

What is B virus? Here’s what to know after human case reported

A man in Hong Kong has reportedly caught the zoonotic disease. About 50 cases - of which 21 fatal - have been recorded since the disease was discovered in 1932.

18/04/2024

Travel News

Airport sniffer dog discovers mummified monkeys in passenger's luggage

Bushmeat is illegal in the US due to the risk of viruses.

12/02/2024

Green News

Plan for €400 million monkey-breeding facility in US sparks protest

The facility would eventually hold up to 30,000 long-tailed macaques that would be sold to universities and pharmaceutical companies for medical research.

18/01/2024

Nature

Brazil’s golden monkey is swinging back from the brink of extinction

Rampant deforestation in Brazil has devastated the only place in the world where golden lion tamarins can be found.

13/11/2023

Green News

PETA calls for Thai coconut product boycott due to monkey abuse

Investigators say they saw monkeys chained tightly by the neck and kept tethered in rubbish-strewn patches of dirt and flooded areas.

16/11/2022

Nature

Striking portraits capture the humanity of endangered orangutans

On International Orangutan Day and World Photography Day, these portraits reveal similarities between great apes and humans.

19/08/2022

Health news

Why are humans the only primates able to talk?

A new study suggests that humans are able to speak while monkeys and apes can’t because our vocal anatomy is actually simpler than other primates.

12/08/2022

Nature

Pet monkeys are pushing this tiny marmoset to the brink of extinction

In Brazil, invasive species compete with native marmosets for food, habitat and even reproductive partners, jeopardising their survival in the future.

16/04/2022

Nature

Ecuador grants wild animals legal rights in landmark court case

It is thought to be the first time the country’s constitutional protection of nature has been applied in court.

01/04/2022

No Comment

Monkeys near Florida airport delight visitors

For over 70 years a group of non-native monkeys has made their home next to a South Florida airport runway, delighting visitors and becoming local celebrities.

30/03/2022

People

Meet the Ukrainian photographer who went viral for her travel photos

This International Women's Day, we bring you Julia Wimmerlin, who has spent the last decade photographing places, people and wildlife around the globe.

08/03/2022

Nature

Inside the gorilla sanctuary: Congo’s haven for wounded animals

A refuge hidden among the trees of a Congolese national park is providing hope for some of the world’s most endangered primates

24/02/2022

Green News

This region of Switzerland wants to give primates fundamental rights

Monkeys and apes in Basel-Stadt could be recognised as having the right to life and to have their mental and physical integrity respected, just like people.

10/02/2022

Scenes

The Indonesian conservationists saving endangered gibbons

In partnership with Media City

“We can now only sometimes hear the sounds of the gibbons in the morning or evening. Before, according to locals, it used to be very noisy.”

03/01/2022

Nature

Human expansion pushes howler monkeys toward deadly power lines

The NGO Save Monkeys fears it will soon be reporting at least one death a day, and that howler monkeys will die out as a result.

03/01/2022

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Monkeys gathering around a bonfire in Aichi zoo winter solstice custom

Monkeys gathering around a bonfire in Aichi zoo winter solstice custom

22/12/2021

Living

7 of the funniest wildlife photos ever taken

From a monkey in a spot of bother to dancing bears, these photographs are combining conservation with comedy.

03/12/2021