The Erie Zoo welcomed a baby monkey. The baby, a lesser spot-nosed guenon whose gender isn't known yet, was born Oct. 8 to first-time mother Georgia and to father Nemo, zoo officials announced Oct. 9.

Our planet is home to thousands upon thousands of species, large and small, cute and ugly, and human activity has driven many of them to the brink of extinction in just the past few decades. Today, we ...