"What's your favorite meal?"

President and CEO of the Jane Goodall Institute is thrown nine innings of softballs by Grist.

"These messages have not been on SoBe bottles for at least two years"

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal protects residents from past health claims on juice, tea. Coming soon, an investigation as to whether it did, or did not Cott to be good.

"A gene called Trim 5 alpha"

Monkey-gene therapy may block HIV replication.

"Everybody has to try it"

Orangutan habitat imperiled in tsumami aftermath, says activist.

"a small primate weighing no more than 20 pounds"

Woman avoids tsunami by being elsewhere, studying Phayre's leaf monkey.

"first time an animal other than a human or monkey has been shown to have this skill"

Rats can be taught to distinguish between spoken Dutch and Japanese, but not what's being said.

"I've always detested monkeys"

Philippine columnist thinks depressing thoughts about zoos.

"We could see monkeys from our bungalow"

Montana tsunami survivors tell tales of Thailand's Tonsai Beach.

"Pierolapithecus catalaunicus"

New, but extinct, ape discovered in Spain.

"They then employed a computerized technique"

Monkeys, apes diverged less recently than previously thought, says Hunter College anthropologist.

"didn't want to look like the monkey next to them"

Tattoo enthusiasts convene in Wisconsin to seek new thrills.

"this decision will help breeding of different animals"

India's New Delhi Zoo and Pakistan's Lahore Zoo to repatriate animals.

"the time Derby Lane had monkeys ride greyhounds"

Nostalgia for the dog track.

"We don't need more of these animals"

If you like killing exotic animals, consider a Natural Resources career in Queensland, Australia.

"None of them has ever gone missing"

Not the owner of the Wisconsin mystery kangaroo.

"rodent control will always be an ongoing issue"

Inspectors cite National Zoo "deficiencies" in monkey crushing death.

"more than 80 animals seized from her home"

$12,000 fine for Iowa animal hoarder.

"The monkey in the cage was drowned"

Historic cricket venue in Sri Lanka damaged by tsunami.

"a considerable step backward"

Sky falling in Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga Conservation Area.

"This is not an ice cream cone"

Lower East Side schoolkids introduced to orangutans.

"The Max Factor"

Johannesburg restaurant named for dead gorilla. Somebody's going to hear from Procter & Gamble's lawyers.

It stinks!

The Ochopee Skunk Ape set for April release.

"high quality primates of known pedigree"

India's National Centre for Primate Breeding and Research may begin breeding primates.

Again, no monkey content

Via Likelihood of Confusion, imminent demise of the blogosphere predicted.

"We do check on a daily basis"

UK's London Zoo begins annual headcount, hopes to introduce squirrel monkeys thereafter.

No monkey content

Mystery kangaroo captured in Iowa Wisconsin.

"allowed her pet monkey to injure a baby"

Monkey involved in Michigan day care scandal.

"we have suspended gorilla viewing in the park"

Ugandan gorillas invade Rwanda.

"Mom, dad, sister and baby are all healthy"

White-faced saki monkey born at Minnesota's Como Zoo.

"We have already missed many opportunities"

Clint, a chimpanzee whose genome sequence will soon be published, euthanized at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, says New Scientist.

"Road kills are a useful, if grisly, research tool"

Florida columnist expresses doubts about "Swamp Ape" sightings.

"almost all known orangutans are safe"

Banda Aceh update.

Like owls from Athens

India's National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health to breed monkeys.

And apparently they have a ready market.

"about 120 years old in human terms"

Spider monkey at New Zealand's Wellington Zoo diagnosed with congestive heart failure, responding well to treatment.

"aimed at validating the use of stem cells"

Monkeys with induced Parkinson symptoms helped by neurons generated from monkey embryonic stem cells, say Kyoto University researchers.

Update: Mouse stem cell reseachers clamor for attention, too.

"Gold plans to focus more on his art in the future"

Primatologist with a camera gets an exhibit in Chicago.

"She is progressing very well"

Rabies survivor released from hospital.

"this TB virus can infect the monkeys too"

Newly-discovered Arunachal macaque suspected source of newly-discovered TB strain, says Bhopal, India's Central Chronicle.

If Yul Brynner was still alive...

Wetworld.

Priorities

"Bowen will check on orangutans, lend aid to Indonesian people in wake of tragedy."

"water buffalo riding, piranha fishing and alligator hunting"

Luxury and adventure, cruising the Amazon.

"Usually at school we tell them how to do things"

Your children more playful than gorillas are.

"he was upset about it,"

Bronze statue of Cheeta stolen in Palm Springs,CA.

"via accidental or deliberate vaccine contamination"

Just by the by: if you wanted something to be believed, would you choose to publish it at someplace called Conspiracy Planet? 'Cause I'm thinking that'd be a bit, well, self-defeating, selecting for the double-layer tinfoil hat crowd and all.

In either case, Happy New Year.

"there are limits"

Impressionable young minds protected from Boondocks.

"test it for fingerprints"

Vet from Great Ape Trust of Iowa removes arrow from wildlife refuge buffalo.

"in the open among monkeys and snakes"

I don't know the fine details of Welsh customs, but I'm thinking that Mr Watts, 37, of Portskewett, near Chepstow would benefit from a boot to the ass.

"ropes between the artificial trees"

Japanese zoos seek to remedy plummeting attendance, revenue.

"the Ebola virus and Salmonella"

Pet monkeys banned in New York. Also bears and other wild animals.

Tsunami

Disaster relief info.

"a chimpanzee wearing a red wadded jacket"

Lets strive together to dress up animals!

"This is very interesting"

Surprisingly few tsunami deaths of wildlife, wildlife officials, says Sri Lanka wildlife official.

Letters, we get letters

Animal Behavior Management Alliance Conference in Houston, in April.

"It wasn't my imagination or anything"

Swamp ape sighting brings attention, ridicule.

"Then it was decided to kill the monkey"

California woman tells of tsunami survival, monkey menace.

"If I'd had my way, we would have just outright banned them"

Mandatory registration of chimpanzees, gorillas, other exotics, in Minnesota.

"an enormous number of mutations"

Human brains exceptional, researchers say.

"It is a nice healthy baby"

41-year-old Siamang gives birth at UK's South Lakes Wild Animal Park.

"That gorilla that sang was pretty weird"

Gift card for unwanted Christmas present raffle in Minnesota.

"if they're anything like our primate cousins"

How far monkey vocalizations carry. Also, sitzpinkel very big in Japan.

"conservationists are at their wits’ end"

Species added to third annual "sky is falling" list.

"he wouldn't leave me alone for the rest of the day"

Maine man, usually busy studying gorillas in Uganda, escorts Somalian refugees to US.

"three monkeys, a goat and two black bears"

Miami-Dade County hopes to have a entertainment enterprise zone surround their Metrozoo .

"I learned a lot about the aging process"

What we can learn from monkeys.

"we are happy that the most dangerous member has been captured"

Monkey gangleader caught in Sultanpur, India.

"Word started to spread about the closing earlier this month"

Wildlife Conservation Society to shut Wildlife Survival Center on Georgia's St. Catherines Island.

Update: Bronx Zoo has a role in this, too.

"A large monkey called the drill"

Philadelphia professor makes annual three-week trip to Africa to save monkeys.

"a Francois Langur monkey"

Monkey briefly escapes San Diego Zoo.

Update: He's either named Chieh or Chien. In either case, he's in good condition.

Shake-up at the top

Three members of Zoo Nebraska board resign.

"there are far more palaeontologists than fossil specimens"

Evidence for many prehistoric human species weak, says Australian prof.

"the world’s smallest tree-dwelling mammals"

Lemur at Scotland's Camperdown Park didn't need rescued, turned out.

"Lahoris will roam freely with wild and dangerous animals"

Pakistan plans for Wildlife Park near Lahore, with Jurassic Park-type drive-through, opening by the end of 2005.

"wake up to the deep-throated roars of howler monkeys"

Nicaragua's OK now, say travel agents.

"lakhs of rupees have been spent"

India to relocate Delhi monkeys again, further away this time.

"special enclosures for fruitbats and monkeys"

Well, I still don't want a pet reptile.

"searching for more orangutans"

Final necropsy on Indah, Great Ape Trust of Iowa orangutan, shows perforated bladder.

"chattering monkeys have a field day"

Cattlemen vs. sugar farmers in Kenya.

"a miniature Bigfoot-type creature"

Not-so-bigfoot prints said to be found in Belize.

"We also know of a gentleman who has a monkey"

Golden Valley, MN won't budge: no pet pot-bellied pigs.

"he was prepared to plead guilty"

Ya big tease!

"a rich and exotic menagerie"

Scientists go spelunking in Borneo, find subterranean world of things that crawl and scuttle, including world's largest cockroach.

"chimpanzee family treated to pine cones filled with yoghurt"

Christmas at Australia's Taronga Zoo and at Beijing Zoo.

"exploited by being forced to perform tricks for tourists"

Koh Kong Safari World, in Cambodia, implicated in orangutan smuggling, kickboxing. No apparent relation to Safari World in Thailand.

"culminating a 16-year effort"

Energy.

"racing to create the first cloned monkey"

Genetic Savings and Clone sells cloned pet cat for $50k.

"Gorilla World houses seven gorillas"

When in San Francisco, find time to visit the zoo.

"she disagrees with the fine"

Dallas agrees to pay $10k fine to USDA for gorilla zoo escape in March.

"gorilla biscuits and monkey chow"

You've gotta know what you're doing to feed animals at the zoo.

"using monkeys to form his image"

Jejune, derivative.

Update: without nuance.

"the Ebola curse"

Residents of Lengue-Lengue hoping for return of Gorilla gorilla.

KARYL B. SWARTZ

It doesn't say it's a resume.

"a possible source of the exotic Newcastle disease"

Undocumented avians returned to Mexico.

"more than 2,000 cans of spray paint, cameras, videos, an ape costume and other graffiti paraphernalia"

Arrest made in Baltimore APES graffiti vandalism.

"how and when human speech evolved"

The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) can make all sorts of noises, scientists find.

"feeding them intoxicated bananas"

Rwandan police arrest four, recover kidnapped mountain gorilla.

"areas around the temples would not be covered"

Spit on the street, feed the monkeys, pay a fine, in Shimla, India.

"It's animal rights lunacy, and Wayne is king of it"

Humane Society of the United States gets new CEO, plans to out-loon PETA.

"modern humans fundamentally differ from apes"

Primate FAQ, from the Times of India.

"the way the animal perceives its world"

New Zealand mandates new requirements for circuses, zoos that keep animals.

Update: Minister of Agriculture complains that the new regulations haven't outright banned circuses from having animals.

"Monkey Elimination Committee"

Villagers in Assam claim to be overwhelmed with monkeys crossing the border from Bangladesh.