Monkey News

Berlin - A new addition recently arrived at Berlin Zoo when Annika, an endangered Javan lutung, gave birth to a baby. However, there was a certain amount of jealousy over the cute little monkey among the females of the family.

In a recently uploaded video, a monkey effortlessly does push-ups and sit-ups like a total boss. This really gives meaning to "it's so simple even a monkey can do it."

Tehran - The Iranian Fars new agency is reporting that Iran successfully launched a live monkey into space on Monday. Fars described the achievement as a major advance in its missile and space program but the news is alarming the West and Israel.

Toronto - The well-dressed 'IKEA Monkey', seen ambling around the Toronto IKEA parking lot earlier in December, won't be spending Christmas with his family. Despite his owner's best efforts, he will remain behind bars.

Toronto - A monkey dressed in a miniature shearling coat and a diaper was spotted wandering around the parking lot of a Toronto Ikea store on Sunday afternoon.

A new species of monkey has been discovered according to claims made by scientists. The monkey lives in remote forests located in Congo.

Tampa - What does a monkey and Tampa Bay have in common? Well, there's a monkey lurking on the streets of Tampa Bay, a mystery monkey just wanting to play.

London - NBC has apologized for featuring an ad with a widely grinning monkey doing gymnastics after airing African American Gabby Douglas's gold winning performance. The debate continues over whether the timing of the ad was deliberate or entirely a mistake.

A recent study has indicated that monkeys can "read", or at least distinguish real words from a nonsense jumble of letters.

Memphis - A video of a monkey performing acrobatics has goes viral after it was uploaded to YouTube along with a description that claims the alpha male white cheeked gibbons was attempting to attack a man seen in the the clip through the glass at the Memphis Zoo.