Listener Judy Hindman tells us about her retired helper monkey Katie, who chatters all day. Helper monkeys are trained to assist disabled people with everyday tasks. Katie weighs 5 lbs. and emits a ...

A SO-CALLED RETIREMENT HOME, THAT’S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST. >> THE LIGHT FROM ANY AT THE END OF A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A RELAXING RETIREMENT. THAT INCLUDES SOME SERVICE ANIMALS AS WELL. >> THEY ...

Becky Thompson calls herself a monkey mom. She has lived for six years with Kristi, a 22-year-old capuchin monkey trained to help her with everyday tasks she can no longer perform since a 1981 ...

Samuel Govannucci says he got the small monkey, named Kira, about 10 years ago as he was recovering from an accident. He says the creature became more important when his wife was diagnosed with ...

When Katharine Weber was shopping around her sixth novel, “Still Life With Monkey,” she heard that the marketing department people of some large publishing houses were asking: “Who would want to read ...