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Tambon Tha Hin, Thailand

Phra Prang Sam Yot

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.
An angry rhesus macaque.
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You Probably Shouldn't Be Worried About This Colony of Herpes-Infected Monkeys in Florida

Still, there's a colony of herpes-infected monkeys in Florida.
Mariana Zapata November 10, 2016
A 1965 stamp depicting cosmonaut Alexey Leonov on the first space walk.
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A Whirlwind Tour of Space Race Relics

Places left behind by Americans and Soviets in the race to the stars.
Molly McBride Jacobson August 12, 2016
The culprit.
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Monkey Shuts Down Kenya's Power Supply

Or was the poor animal just a fall guy?
Cara Giaimo June 8, 2016
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Have You Ever Felt as Good as These Sunbathing Lemurs?

Ah, the sensation of sunlight warming one's belly fur.
Tao Tao Holmes April 8, 2016
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The World's Largest Gorillas Are Being Massacred Because of War

Up to 93 percent of Grauer's gorillas have disappeared in two decades.
Erik Shilling April 5, 2016
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Brothers Arrested in Attempted Smuggling of 61 Monkeys From Tanzania

One of them owned an "exotic park."
Erik Shilling March 30, 2016
Adam's Bridge
Mannar, Sri Lanka

Adam's Bridge

According to Hindu belief, this shallow island chain was created by a god with an army of monkeys.
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The Untold Story of the World's First Monkey Face Transplant

In the mid 1980s, a medical resident attempted a then-untested procedure
Tao Tao Holmes March 25, 2016
A political cartoon of Voronoff in performing an appendectomy in Egypt
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The True Story of Dr. Voronoff's Plan to Use Monkey Testicles to Make Us Immortal

Eric Grundhauser October 13, 2015
New best friend for a day?
Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Apenheul Primate Park

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.
The Grave of Miss Baker
Huntsville, Alabama

The Grave of Miss Baker

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.
Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary
Corella, Philippines

Philippine Tarsier and Wildlife Sanctuary

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.
Monkeys at Luhur Uluwatu Temple
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia

Luhur Uluwatu Temple

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.
Hartlepool Monkey Memorial
Hartlepool, England

Hartlepool Monkey Memorial

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

In’t Aepjen

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.
Duke Lemur Center
Durham, North Carolina

Duke Lemur Center

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
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Monkeys in the Falling Snow: Japan's Best Wildlife Photo Opp

Kyle Deas April 25, 2014