Illinois is home to sock monkeys, cornfields and horseshoe sandwiches. Historically, it’s also the home of women’s baseball. In 1875, the field that would later become Robin Roberts Stadium in ...

This wildlife news is bananas. Researchers were taken aback when they discovered a new species of black-furred monkey in Congo that sports distinctive orange lips and utters unique vocalizations. The ...

A new species of monkey with distinctive orange lips and a deep roaring call has been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Colobus congoensis, known to local people as Likweli, is ...

It is only the fifth new African monkey identified as a new species in the past 75 years. By Kate Golembiewski See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los ...

The joke is on Dad in this goofy picture book from married collaborators Stutzman and Fox (Don’t Feed the Coos!), which channels the look and affably silly comedy of 1960s animation. When each of a ...

There are places in this world that exist purely to make you happy, and the Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove, Illinois is one of them. Over 2,000 handcrafted sock monkeys are waiting to greet you with ...

Sometimes the most wonderful places are the ones you’d never think to look for, and the Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove, Illinois proves that joy comes in the most unexpected packages. Wrapped in red ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Midway Village Museum hosted the 21st annual Sock Monkey Festival, celebrating a longstanding local tradition in the city where the toy originated. Guests attended the ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Area residents are invited on Saturday to celebrate and learn about Rockford historical icon, the sock monkey. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 7, the annual Sock Monkey Madness ...

Arlene Okun, founder of the Sock Monkey Museum, joins Wendy Snyder, in for Lisa Dent, to discuss the history of sock monkeys and the interactive museum in Long Grove. Arlene also shares her sock ...

(L-R) Amber Burke Johnson, Jeff C. Williams, and Dave Kimsey. On a recent episode of Community Voices, host Jeff Williams brought in Dave Kimsey and Amber Burke Johnson of Capital City Improv—without ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — The Sock Monkey Madness festival is set to return for its 21st year at the Midway Village Museum on March 7. Running from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., this year's event embraces a Sock Hop theme ...