These wild monkeys thrive in Florida—and carry a deadly virus

Descendants of theme-park escapees, a population of rhesus macaques in a Florida state park may soon double in size—a recipe ...

Lab monkeys on the loose in Mississippi don't have herpes, university says. But are they dangerous?

Authorities have killed several lab monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck in Mississippi. The rhesus macaques were ...
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Why Did it Suddenly Start Raining Monkeys in Florida?

Monkeys falling from the sky is one of the last things you’d expect to see while kayaking in Florida. Barring a flying-monkey ...

Mississippi mom takes aim at one of the escaped lab monkeys in her backyard

Last week, in what seemed straight out of an apocalyptic film, 21 Rhesus monkeys escaped from an overturned transport in ...
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Mother’s Split-Second Decision Ends Escaped Monkey Threat in Mississippi

Could a single moment change the course of a family’s safety? For Jessica Bond Ferguson of Heidelberg, Mississippi, that ...

Mama Bear vs. Monkey: Mississippi Mom Guns Down Escaped Monkey To Protect Kids

Mississippi mother shoots escaped rhesus macaque 60 feet from home to protect children after truck crash release.
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IUCN upholds long-tailed macaques’ endangered status after complaint

Conservation authority the IUCN has upheld the endangered status of the long-tailed macaque after rejecting the U.S. biomedical lobby’s challenge to downgrade it. Demand from research labs has fueled ...