Burt the Java macaque seemed bored, perched atop a veranda overlooking empty seating where crowds once watched him and his brethren at Monkey Jungle, the old-school tourist attraction hidden in a ...

At monkey sits at the Wild Monkey Swimming Pool at Monkey Jungle on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. The park reopened in May. Chabeli Herrera cherrera@miamiherald.com Late 2017 and early 2018 brought one ...

Monkey Jungle got its start in the ’30s when Joseph DuMond released a troop of monkeys into a dense patch of South Dade wilderness and then opened it as a one-of-a-kind attraction “where humans are ...

Melanie Lustig walked out of her job at Monkey Jungle in mid-September. The last straw, she says, was scooping up piles of rotten fruit and feces inside an enclosure where the park’s orangutan, Mei, ...

Monkey Jungle, located in southern Miami-Dade County, is a wildlife park home to hundreds of animals, including monkeys, apes and birds. One former employee, however, is taking the role of a ...

Closed since Hurricane Irma caused damage in September, Monkey Jungle is still drawing crowds. Unfortunately for the southern Miami-Dade County tourist attraction, the 50 people who showed up Sunday ...

Monkey Jungle director Steve Jacques and owner Sharon DuMond hope to expand the limited opening of Monkey Jungle by year’s end. But a federal grant may be the key to its long-term future.. Under the ...