Have you heard about the free-range, wild monkeys of Dania Beach? Growing up in Fort Lauderdale, I was captivated by the colony of vervet monkeys living near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As departing jetliners roared overhead, an aging vervet monkey moped on a mangrove branch one recent afternoon in the woods he inhabits near a South Florida airport, his ego ...

Deep within the brambles of a marshy plot of land in Dania Beach lies one of South Florida’s most beloved secrets. A wild monkey colony calls the area home, despite being non-native to the state of ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For 70 years a group of non-native monkeys has made their home next to a South Florida airport runway, delighting visitors and becoming local celebrities. About 40 small ...