Tuesday, September 28, 2010

“severely ridiculed preparation”

Trained langur monkeys to be deployed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi to protect visitors from marauding Common Indian Bonnet monkeys.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

“chimpanzee rock-throwing draws large crowds”

Jerusalem's Tisch Family Zoological Gardens builds a reinforced glass barrier to protect visitors from chimpanzee-thrown stones.

Monday, September 20, 2010

“and a few months to live”

Retirement to Florida's Jungle Friends habitat for Benjamin, a bitey monkey of Catskill, N.Y.

Monday, September 06, 2010

“It was later released”

Out-of-control monkey in India brought under control "using tranquilizing rubber bullets."

Friday, September 03, 2010

Only Nixon could go to China. Look what he brought back!

Toshiba Recalls T Series Notebook Computers Due to Burn Hazard

Next week: calendar reform!

Proposed constitutional amendment - Conservation of legislation: every new law passed must repeal an old one.

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Dateline: Tropical Switzerland

A group of barbary apes who escaped from a Switzerland zoo establish breeding colony. And "experts say global warming and higher winter temperatures mean the primates will survive the winter."

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010

“the monkey is winning”

Mishima Japan begins publishing a daily "biting monkey" alert as nearly 60 people bitten by rampaging macaque since mid-August.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

“greatest wildlife encounter on offer to travellers”

Lonely Planet Awards gives first prize (prizes are notional only) to a tour of mountain gorillas in Uganda.

Don't forget your shots!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

“saw what appeared to be teeth marks”

Three endangered ringtail lemurs to be euthanized as rabies precaution in Fort Edward, NY.

Update: Good news - no rabies. Bad news- the whole euthanasia thing.

“It's asking a lot of the animal”

Special techniques are used to help treat cardiopathy in Harvey, a 5-foot-tall, 150-pound chimpanzee at the Toledo Zoo.

“planning to return the animal to the wild”

Wild monkey caught in downtown Tokyo

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Goodbye, Josh

20-year-old chimpanzee at Kansas City Zoo dies after some male chimps scuffled a day before.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

"evidence of scientific misconduct"

Quality of science by Harvard Professor of Psychology, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology and Biological Anthropology Marc Hauser attacked by other scientists.

Monday, August 09, 2010

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

“the mother is not caring for it properly”

Trouble at the monkey-house at North Carolina Zoo as chimpanzee Maki proves to be an inattentive parent.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

“so as not to trigger a hunt for them”

Lemurs who fled from their Austrian home in Salzburg's Hellbrunn zoo turn up in an area bar five days later.

“games involve rules”

Either GreenFudge.org is right and zoo gorillas play tag or these self-esteem majors can't recognize a round of grab-ass when they see it.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

“she accidentally pressed the gas pedal”

Disabled driver drives into Nebraska City gift shop by hitting the wrong pedal while watching her helper monkey instead of the road.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Pepsi-capitalism

Horror of horrors: scienceblogs.com bloggers discover it's not the anarcho-syndicalist worker's collective they've assumed it was.

Update: Asylum chooses to henceforth be run by the inmates. Science!

Sunday, July 04, 2010

“the smallest monkeys in the world”

Curraghs Wildlife Park in Ballaugh, on the Isle of Man, welcomes two pairs of pygmy marmosets. So, there's your vacation plans all made for you!

Thursday, July 01, 2010

“had her throat slit after she was bound and gagged”

Ymke Warren, a British gorilla expert, reportedly has been murdered at her home in Cameroon.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Goodbye, Kimya

Kimya, the youngest gorilla at South Carolina's Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, was found dead Monday morning.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Friday, June 18, 2010

Monday, June 14, 2010

He didn't know his own strength!

20-year-old silver back gorilla shuts down exhibit at Zoo Atlanta when he damages protective window charging at hated veterinarians.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

“believed to be world first”

Chimpanzee in New Zealand's Wellington Zoo gets life-saving surgery for a bacterial ear infection

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Thursday, June 10, 2010

“It is premature to comment on this issue”

Officials of India's Pune Public Works Department eye monkeys as possible cause of untimely death of 35-year-old contractor killed when a boulder rolled down a section of the Katraj ghat.

Only Nixon could go to Beijing. Look what he brought back!

GE Recalls Front Load Washers Due to Fire and Shock Hazards

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

“there hadn't been a lemur escape in at least a decade”

Duke University's Lemur Center gets back their pair of ringtail lemurs who escaped across town to Cresset Christian Academy.

Monday, June 07, 2010

“an enriching effect on animal behaviour”

Orangutans at the zoo find humans amusing, fascinating.

Thursday, June 03, 2010

“You poor brute of a killer without a conscience, I'm wet with compassion”

Arizona's Pinal County Historical Society Museum features the craft works, including a sock monkey, of trunk murderer Winnie Ruth Judd.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

“If she dropped a jar of oregano”

Service-monkeys A-OK with Vermint Fish and Wildlife Commissioner.

“he fancies a nibble”

Those wacky orangutans!

Monday, May 31, 2010

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

“talking to the Indonesian authorities”

Darwin Australia vexed by roaming mystery monkey.

“She marched to the beat of her own drum”

Sandy Herold, former owner of Connecticut chimpanzee that mauled Charla Nash, reportedly dead of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.

Monday, May 24, 2010

La-de-da ook-ook

Chimpanzees are social climbers, anthropologists say.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Bow first or apologize first?

In Bali, officials prepare for a visit this summer by Barack Obama. One concern is the monkeys that populate the sacred temple at Uluwatu. An official has suggested that the monkeys be bribed with large amounts of food in the days prior to Obama's visit.

Buy Chinese in haste, repent at leisure

HP Expands Recall of Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Fire Hazard

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Thursday, May 06, 2010

“a brief but public foray”

Texas zoo-goers, media, blush when proud mother Bonobo and random nearby male engage in vigorous bout of what bonobos are best known for, at Fort Worth Zoo.

Saturday, May 01, 2010

“turning destructive when they reach sexual maturity”

Vermont woman suffering from multiple sclerosis gets permission from state Legislature for service monkey. If it works out badly, I'm sure taxpayers will be happy to, uh, pay.