Tour boat captain Colin Innes said he saw a monkey along the St. Johns River. He said the first thing he did was pull out his ...

The monkeys that escaped are rhesus macaque primates, which have brown fur with red faces and ears. They have close-cropped hair on their heads, which accentuates their very expressive faces.

A visit to the 'monkey park' has been a part of this Tasmanian city's appeal since the late 1800s, so what is the history of Launceston's Monkey Island? And does it have a future?

Japanese monkeys gifted to a local council in 1981 will be sterilised and left to die naturally following a vote this week. For more than 40 years, visitors to Launceston’s City Park have been ...