Forrest the Kodiak bear is looking for a new home. He's one of more than 250 animals in Ocala's Silver Springs Park, which is in the process of relocating its wildlife.

Sally Lieb leaned against a rail fence at Silver Springs State Park, ... before coming to Ocala in 2011 to manage Silver ... • 1993, joined Florida Park Service • 1993-1997, wildlife care ...

There are an estimated 200 rhesus macaque monkeys living in and around the park, according to Steve Johnson, associate professor of wildlife ecology and conservation at the University of Florida.

Lady Lake Animal Control Officer Denise Williams called them “hostile by nature,” and Johnson cautioned against feeding the animals. For visitors of Silver Springs State Park, the monkeys are ...

The macaques are just one of Florida's many nonnative wildlife species, and they're also a tourist attraction. Study Predicts Monkey Population Boom In Silver Springs State Park ...

OCALA — A feral monkey hit and killed by a vehicle in Marion County was believed to have lived in Silver Springs State Park. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Greg W… ...

SILVER SPRINGS — Xiaoqian Huang’s recent trip from Beijing to Florida included a visit to Silver Springs State Park outside Ocala. "Beautiful,” is how he will describe the roughly 5,000-acre ...

There was a time when a 20-minute jungle cruise brought Silver Springs Attraction visitors eye-to-eye with water buffalo, zebras, gators and monkeys, a visit to Tommy Bartlett's petting zoo ...

In January, Scott and the Cabinet amended Palace’s lease to allow the company to leave Silver Springs 16 years ahead of schedule. Palace, in return, was to spend $4 million on renovations.

ABC affiliate WFTS reported that no one was hurt in the incident. — -- A family enjoying a walk through Silver Springs Park in Ocala, Florida was charged by a group of wild rhesus monkeys on ...

But as tourist appetites changed, Silver Springs gradually added wildlife exhibits, theme park rides and gift shops. Purists began to complain about Silver Springs' descent into tourist-trap kitsch.

I TAKE YOU BACK TO THE 1950S TO SILVER SPRINGS IN OCALA. ... Silver Springs joined with Paradise Park. Just one big, beautiful park," Stevenson said. ...