India sends misbehaving monkeys back to school
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Misbehaving monkeys in the Indian state of Punjab are to be sent to school in a bid to teach them manners. Read More »
Monkey burglar exposed after Texas crime spree
The mystery of a spate of random burglaries at a garden centre in Texas has finally been solved after a monkey was caught on CCTV stealing plants and garden ornaments.
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Tamarin monkeys show flair for grammar
Tamarin monkeys can recognise when the syllables of a word are arranged in the wrong order, researchers have demonstrated in a study which could offer clues into how language evolved. Read More »
Regrets? Even gameshow-playing monkeys have a few…
A monkey version of the TV gameshow “Deal or No Deal” has demonstrated that the animals are capable of experiencing regret – the first time a non-human species has been shown capable of doing so. Read More »
Zoo celebrates birth of ‘world’s cutest monkey’
Australia’s Taronga Zoo is celebrating an extremely rare birth of an exotically named Francois Langur monkey. The arrival last week of the bright orange baby – dubbed the “world’s cutest monkey” – stunned zookeepers who hadn’t even been certain her mother was pregnant. Read More »
Zoogle News: An apology to our readers
Here at Zoogle News, we take our journalistic responsibilities seriously. And like the New York Times admitting that its coverage of the buildup to the war in Iraq was insufficiently rigorous, Zoogle News is not afraid to admit when it gets things wrong. Read More »
Monkeys lay siege to Taj Mahal city
Marauding monkeys are running riot in the Indian city of Agra, the home of the Taj Mahal, mugging passers-by for food and causing at least two people to fall to their deaths. Read More »