June 11 (UPI) --A mandrill monkey living at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona has been confirmed as the oldest in the world at the age of 37. The female mandrill, named Nikki, was born the Oregon Zoo on ...

The Fort Worth Zoo announced Thursday the birth of its first mandrill in three decades, a milestone the institution considers a “conservation advancement.” The female mandrill, Ruby ...

There’s a new cute and cuddly baby zoo animal around. Following in the footsteps of Moo Deng and Pesto, Jasper, a rare baby mandrill born at the Fort Worth Zoo, is ready to capture the hearts of ...

Clearly Simba's not a baboon. But neither is Rafiki. He's a different kind of monkey altogether — a mandrill. And what's more, Rafiki has a long tail, yet in real life mandrills are nearly tailless.

The Fort Worth Zoo proudly announced the birth of a baby mandrill in January. It's the zoo's first mandrill born since 1995. The female monkey was born Jan. 11, 2024, and named Ruby, as a nod to ...

Drills are shy, live in only one small, remote area of Africa, and their faces aren’t as colorful as their cousin the mandrill, whose blue-and-red mugs make them instantly recognizable.

Phoenix Zoo's beloved mandrill Nikki is known by staff and visitors for her strong, independent and dominant attitude. But this week, she took the spotlight for a different reason: She was crowned ...

The as-yet-unnamed baby mandrill arrived February 1, presumably to the delight of his parents, longtime zoo residents Lulu and Big Joe. "We are thrilled with this latest birth, as mandrills are ...