Construction began Monday on a sanctuary for the vervet monkeys of Dania Beach, a wild colony whose ancestors escaped from a breeding farm in the 1940s. Workers began clearing space in a swampy forest ...

Robust data and genetic research are providing important evidence on a colony of wild African vervet monkeys that landed in Dania Beach more than 70 years ago and settled in a thick mangrove forest ...

Orange City residents reported a rare sighting last week: a monkey jumping around backyards and other parts of the city. Police sent out an alert to residents, saying the animal could be “very ...

A vervet monkey enjoys a snack in a mangrove forest near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in South Florida. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

Have you heard about the free-range, wild monkeys of Dania Beach? Growing up in Fort Lauderdale, I was captivated by the colony of vervet monkeys living near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood ...

Scientists have confirmed the species and origin of a colony of wild African vervet monkeys that landed in Dania Beach more than 70 years ago. They escaped from the Dania Chimpanzee Farm in 1948 and ...