Their first child, Ngumu, is a year-and-a-half old and has already begun checking out his new sibling, gently touching it.

Twelve monkeys ... animals is akin to enslavement, though the subjugation is not justified by race but by the human-animal distinction. A zookeeper interacts with a sealion at the Welsh Mountain ...

A twelfth monkey died at a Hong Kong zoo, with tests underway to determine ... if multiple mortalities suddenly occur in captive animal populations where this has not happened before".

A pair of critically endangered pied tamarin monkeys were ... three months old, the zoo’s veterinary staff will perform routine health checks and determine the animals’ genders.

Melioidosis, a bacterial infection, was responsible for killing at least nine monkeys ... and animals, it is unlikely to be passed from animals to humans, authorities said. The zoo, located ...

Authorities say a bacterial infection has killed at least nine monkeys at Hong ... affect both people and animals, but it is unlikely to be passed to humans. The zoo houses about 158 birds ...

The latest monkey died a day after officials said the first nine succumbed to melioidosis earlier this week. Melioidosis is an infectious disease that can affect both animals and people.

They have now said the animals died after being infected with melioidosis, which caused them to develop sepsis. Image: A De Brazza's monkey at Hong Kong zoo. Pic: AP This may have been as a result ...

Getty The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines melioidosis as “a bacterial infection in people and animals ... monkeys to develop sepsis. 3 Primates Die at Jacksonville Zoo ...