DANIA BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A vervet monkey is on the loose in South Florida, and experts say there’s a particular motive driving his escape: he’s on a mission to find a partner. The primate, called ...

Steve Smit, the co-founder of Monkey Helpline, with one of the rescued vervet monkeys. Photo: Facebook AS human development continues to encroach upon natural habitats, encounters between people and ...

(WSVN) - Monkeys living in a colony near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport have suffered injuries and even gone missing. Now, nearly three years later, one beloved monkey is back home ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) - Vervet monkeys are delighting locals and visitors alike near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and as departing jetliners roar overhead, an aging vervet monkey ...

South African monkeys switched foods purely because of peer pressure, suggest the results of a study in Thursday's journal Science. "We're not as unique as we would like to think," said lead author ...

People living in different communities follow different social customs or norms. In some places, for instance, it might be standard practice to greet each person you see on the street, while in others ...

Have you heard about the free-range, wild monkeys of Dania Beach? Growing up in Fort Lauderdale, I was captivated by the colony of vervet monkeys living near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you see a monkey on the loose in Florida, don't approach it. Don't touch it, don't feed it, don't try to befriend it. There are ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — They’re one of the many things that make South Florida so unique – and a bit of a legend among locals. Dozens of vervet monkeys, living less than a mile from Fort ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Tennessee woman shot a vervet monkey she said tried to attack her, according to police. The monkey later died from its wounds at ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — A colony of African vervet monkeys has lived in Dania Beach, near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, for decades, but more people have been noticing them lately.