"She always remembers the zoo as being a happy place"

Australia's Melbourne Zoo attempts to lure customers back. Also, there's something called a tree kangaroo, so watch the skies.

"Get into your monkey selves"

High school drama class hasn't changed any.

"and old cardboard boxes"

Gorillas at UK's Paignton Zoo form rugby league.

"a day-long meeting"

Primate researchers plan wild weekend at UC Riverside.

"people encroached and polluted the reserve"

Friends of the Nation to protect Ghana's Takoradi Monkey Hill Forest.

"the monkey would have won"

And now the screaming starts.

"I coulda been a contender"

"I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it."

(and I'm entitled to one gloat)

Goodbye, Bobbie

Bobbie, 50-year-old chimp at New Zealand's Auckland Zoo, dead of apparent heart failure.

"more than 2,000 protected animals were confiscated"

Animal Concerns Research and Education Society comes out against exotic pets in Singapore.

"Sam was born in 1948"

Meet Sam, an aging chimp at Sacramento Zoo.

"daring enough to enter houses to steal food"

Sleep disturbed in Borneo by "screaming monkeys on rooftops".

"occasional attacks by monkeys are not uncommon at temples"

Hundreds of children in India's Assam state attacked by temple monkeys.

Update: AP copy editor alert: Monkeys not Monkey's.

"home to a monkey species listed as endangered"

UNESCO declares two Vietnam sites World Biosphere Reserves. Pauly Shore arrival imminent.

"Nobody has been able to conduct a full survey in a decade"

Counting gorillas in Democratic Republic of Congo.

"George and John"

Twin marmosets named for Presidential candidates at Iowa's Blank Park Zoo.

"The villagers decided to have a party"

"My auntie was married to a hobbit!" says Indonesian villager.

Off-topic

Go, read. Via the zoo.

"disasterous"

Fish cited as Oregon's "800 pound gorilla".

"the cashier said the suspect had a feminine voice"

Woman in gorilla mask (or gorilla in woman suit) fails to rob Ohio supermarket.

"she likes to moon the other gibbons"

Funds to be raised for gibbons in California.