Primates

It will be illegal to keep monkeys and other primates in England without a licence from 6 April.

Bog, a 23-year-old siamang gibbon, dies at Monkey Haven on the Isle of Wight.

West Oxfordshire District Council will seek approval to introduce strict regulations for private keepers.

The mother of five says she feared for the safety of her children, after hearing the escaped monkeys carried diseases.

Scientists say chimps consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager a day from dining on ripe fruit.

Scientists studied 94 primate species, including living animals and fossils.

Golden lion tamarins George and Leaf are only eight inches tall - about the same size as a beer can.