Media Coverage

Honolulu Beat. 2021. An Explosion of Green Parakeets is Causing Big Problems on Kauai. https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/06/an-explosion-of-green-parakeets-is-causing-big-problems-on-kauai/

Washington Post. 2020. People can’t agree what to do about Florida’s herpes-infected monkeys. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/02/25/rhesus-macaques-herpes-florida/?fbclid=IwAR1aBa-EC5IJ7vOJUscPgYS8Kw0RMAIJu2MhFYC3hesZZGpuwo6FQyP-kR4

The Garden Island. 2019. Pau with the Parakeets. https://www.thegardenisland.com/2019/10/29/hawaii-news/pau-with-the-parakeets/

National Geographic. 2018. These wild monkeys thrive in Florida – and carry a deadly virus. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/florida-rhesus-monkeys-herpes-running-wild-invasive-species/

Associated Press. 2018. Study predicts monkey population boom in Florida park. https://www.apnews.com/5d84ac852cea4c89b02db4aa3349b7b0

Newsweek. 2018. Florida monkeys possibly carrying deadly herpes virus could double population size by 2022. https://www.newsweek.com/florida-monkey-deadly-herpes-virus-could-double-population-2022-1213774

The Verge. 2018. Monkeys in Florida may have deadly herpes, so please don’t touch them. https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/11/16880126/florida-herpes-b-virus-monkeys-silver-spring-state-park-rhesus-macaques

The Wildlife Society. 2018. Unmanaged, nonnative macaques book in Florida park. https://wildlife.org/jwm-unmanaged-nonnative-macaques-boom-in-florida-park/

Politico Florida. 2017. State wildlife officials considering rule change for free-roaming primates. https://www.politicopro.com/states/florida/story/2017/12/01/state-wildlife-officials-considering-rule-change-for-free-roaming-primates-131403

Science Daily. 2016. Rhesus macaques may be preying on bird eggs in Silver Springs           https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160707102620.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fecology+%28Ecology+Research+News+–+ScienceDaily%29

Gainesville Sun. 2016. Thesis study looks at rhesus monkeys and bird eggs. http://www.gainesville.com/news/20160807/thesis-study-looks-at-rhesus-monkeys-and-bird-eggs

WUFT. 2016. Primates may be preying on bird eggs in Silver Springs State Park                     http://www.wuft.org/news/2016/07/15/primates-may-be-preying-on-bird-eggs-in-silver-springs-state-park/

IFAS News. 2016. UF/IFAS Study: Rhesus macaques may be preying on bird eggs in Silver Springs http://news.ifas.ufl.edu/2016/07/ufifas-study-rhesus-macaques-may-be-preying-on-bird-eggs-in-silver-springs/?ct=t(June_IFAS_Matters_6_1_2016)

University of Florida Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Blog. 2016. Mapping Macaques: Studying Florida’s Non-Native Primates. http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/wecdept/