Officials have closed two walking areas at Silver Springs State Park because of unwanted ... six macaques on a small island in the Silver River and call it Monkey Island to draw tourists.

When visitors book a tour with Sassy (she prefers that name), kayaking equipment will be waiting and ready to go upon arrival at Silver Springs State Park in ... a troop on an island in the ...

While this kind of monkey is also found in other pockets of Florida, the research looked at two scenarios for the Silver Springs Park, which is managed by the state: eliminating the macaques ...

The latest monkey-to-people encounter occurred last month, when several of the monkeys charged a family vacationing in Silver Springs State Park ... were put on an island in the Silver River ...

Officials have closed two walking areas at Silver Springs State Park because of unwanted ... six macaques on a small island in the Silver River and call it Monkey Island to draw tourists.

Silver Springs State Park Florida." Related: Kenya: Monkey sparks nationwide blackout ... a tour boat operator who wanted to put squirrel monkeys on an island along his route to make it seem ...

A kayaker shared a video from Oct. 29 of a group of monkeys jumping into the Silver River at Silver Springs State Park. Rod Guynn ... limbs because an aggressive monkey was barking at them.

Orange City residents reported a rare sighting last week: a monkey jumping ... macaques on an island in the Silver River area (which today is the Silver Springs State Park near Ocala) in ...

Silver Springs State Park has around 300 rhesus macaques native to south and southeast Asia. The monkeys were released on an island in Silver River by the manager of a glass-bottom boat in 1930 ...

He let them loose on a small island in the Silver River, but since they are very good swimmers, they were able to thrive on their own. Since then the monkey population in the area has increased ...

Over the weekend, Silver ... Island will be demolished. The iconic glass-bottom boats will continue operating when the park reopens Oct. 1.Related: Florida state parks, then and now SILVER SPRINGS ...

"He thought they would stay on Monkey Island," said Eben Kirksey ... Officials have closed two walking areas at nearby Silver Springs State Park because of unwanted monkey interactions with ...