It’s summer on the English Riviera, the weather is gorgeous – and the baby is asleep… Life is good.
The new baby black howler monkey at Paignton Zoo is unnamed and the sex is unknown – keepers are just letting mum Bonita get on with it. The early days and weeks of an animal’s life are always perilous, but she’s an experienced mum and the weather is good, which will help.
The photo shows Bonita, the new-born and last year’s baby, Pablo, all asleep together. Bonita, enjoy the tranquility while you can...!
Black howler monkeys live in troops and shout to defend their...
A spectacular dancing dragon, a stunning firework display and traditional Chinese crafts, food and games will all feature when the University of Exeter invites everyone to join in a celebration of Chinese New Year.
Everyone is welcome to join staff and students from across the world in welcoming in 2016, the Year of the Monkey on the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays.
In China, it is known as the "Spring Festival" and marks the end of the winter season. The University of Exeter will be celebrating the Chinese New Year on Saturday 13 February in Exeter city...
Pupils at Exeter's only bespoke Mandarin school saw in the year of the Monkey in style tonight.
It is said that they year of the Monkey is an auspicious one, so students at the Hylton Mandarin Academy can look forward to much good fortune and great results in their forthcoming exams.
Exeter-based Liz Joslin is the winner of local agency Nomadic Travel’s annual Travel Photo Competition with this wonderful close-up picture of a gelada monkey.
Liz took this photograph whilst travelling with her husband Lee in the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia.
Gelada monkeys are the world's most terrestrial primates, excepting humans.
Their closely-knit social groups offer a fascinating study in primate behaviour and Liz’s image captures superbly a feeling of a deeply thoughtful mammalian brain.
The team at Nomadic Travel unanimously voted for it as their...
A Critically Endangered monkey with a rare medical condition has been treated by a team of zoo experts and South West veterinary specialists.
Animal care staff at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park took the sick primate for a CT scan at a veterinary hospital in Somerset. JR – full name Jean-Robert - is a brown or variegated spider monkey Ateles hybridus The species, which is listed as Critically Endangered, comes from South America.
Paignton Zoo vet Jo Reynard, vet nurse Celine Campana, Head Keeper Craig Gilchrist and Senior Keeper Kate Jenner took JR to Cave Veterinary...
A puppet show for the whole family… perfect for ages 4+
The birth and comic adventures of a fantastical superhero. Stunning string puppets, antique shadow puppets and live music. A full theatrical puppet show.
Monkey is the main comic character in China’s great classic story Journey to the West, and is still one of the world’s most popular folk heroes, even after hundreds of years. Hatched from a stone egg the mischievous Monkey can fly on a cloud, turn invisible and transform into anything…! PuppetCraft tell the story of the much loved trickster and super-hero Monkey...
