June 12 (UPI) --Officials in an Illinois county are on the hunt for a monkey that may or may not be on the loose in the area. The Whiteside County Health Department issued an alert on social media ...

An Illinois museum's sock monkey collection has officially set a Guinness World Record. Michael Okun, the co-founder of the Illinois Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove, said he had been working with ...

GODFREY, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois prosecutor says a boy bitten by a pet monkey during a dog event will undergo precautionary rabies vaccinations rather than having the primate euthanized to ...

Willis the vervet monkey is now at a Texas sanctuary after Born Free USA says he was kept illegally as a pet in Chicago. Ruth Montiel Arias/Born Free USA For three years, Willis the vervet monkey ...

GODFREY, Ill. (AP) � A southwestern Illinois prosecutor says a boy bitten by a pet monkey during a dog event will undergo precautionary rabies vaccinations rather than having the primate euthanized ...