This story is part of our weekly Hidden Gems feature series as the USA TODAY Network – Florida takes readers around the state to highlight some of our most interesting attractions. SILVER ...

Florida monkeys? Yes, there are monkeys at Silver Springs State Park but these monkeys aren ... on visiting several springs ...

“Our niche is doing the real Florida,” Forgione said. And Silver Springs State Park is an example of that niche. “We have done an amazing job here. This is wow. I’m so proud of what you ...

such as commonly grown fruits and vegetables that are not native to the U.S. Rhesus macaque monkeys are the most common in Florida, found at Silver Springs State Park near Ocala. They are brown to ...

In the heart of central Florida lies Silver Spring State Park—a large patchwork of forests ... raided a deer-feeder behind a house in Ocala—and yes, there are photographs.

These springs just east of Ocala ... The state took over Silver Springs outright in 1993. Four years later, the park and the adjacent Wild Waters underwent a major expansion. Florida’s ...

There’s an upswing in monkey business in and around a state park in Florida, where bands of ... Officials have closed two walking areas at Silver Springs State Park because of unwanted monkey ...

A roving band of feral, herpes-ridden monkeys is roaming across northeast Florida. The STD-addled rhesus macaques had previously been confined to Silver Springs State Park near Ocala, Florida ...

While the population of monkeys in the Silver Springs State Park has reached as high as ... Rhesus monkeys at the Silver Springs attraction in Ocala, Florida (Florida State Archives (Public ...