An Al Jazeera video explores the tough, cruel lives of Indonesian “monkey masters” and the chained animals they train to wear dolls masks, pull carts, perform tricks and beg for money in Jakarta’s “Monkey Village.” Read More »
A bright orange baby leaf-eating monkey – the first success of a nature-replicating harem-style breeding initiative – is the new star attraction at Taronga Zoo. Read More »
A woman from rural Virginia attended a court hearing on Thursday with a tiny monkey wearing a knitted dress tucked in her bra. Read More »
Male capuchin and howler monkeys have discovered an unconventional cologne to drive their lady monkeys wild with lust: the smell of their own urine. Read More »
One walking gorilla might be considered a fluke. But two walking gorillas on opposite sides of the planet sounds like a pattern. Could humankind’s closest cousins finally be catching up in the evolutionary foot race? Read More »
Two blind orangutans rescued and cared for by ape conservationists in Sumatra have become parents to twins. Read More »
Japan’s “most-wanted” fugitive monkey is back in captivity after an audacious escape from a maximum-security facility. Read More »
Omega the chimpanzee used to serve customers at a cafe in Lebanon. But sometimes they’d get him drunk, causing him to get aggressive and attack them — so he was sold to a small, decrepit zoo.
Now animal rights campaigners are campaigning to get the Middle Eastern country to conform with international animal welfare regulations to give animals like Omega some protection from cruelty and abuse, reports CNN’s Arwa Damon.