In 2006, Kent Converse's world changed dramatically after a car crash. He was paralyzed and struggled with everyday tasks.His wife, Nancy Converse, came across an unusual option: a Boston nonprofit ...

It’s not easy to make friends with a capuchin monkey. They’re willful, mischievous and, if they take it into their heads, can break any breakable you’ve got in the house—no small feat for an animal ...

WEBVTT OUT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED TO THEM. >> HEY! IT’S A MONKEY! YAY. REPORTER: MEET FARRAHA, AN INVALUABLE MEMBER OF THE CONVERSE FAMILY. WHEN A CAR CRASH PARALYZED KENT, ...

Becky Thompson calls herself a monkey mom. She has lived for six years with Kristi, a 22-year-old capuchin monkey trained to help her with everyday tasks she can no longer perform since a 1981 ...

Thirty capuchin monkeys are enrolled in a nonprofit “college” in Boston this year, complete with dorm rooms and a monkey spa. Their curriculum takes about two years to complete, after which they all ...

Envisioning Access once trained capuchin monkeys as service animals. But that's a thing of the past, so the nonprofit had to figure out how to move into the future, its executive director said. Boston ...

Helping Hands, a nonprofit that raises and trains service monkeys, is planning an addition that will let the primates comfortably live out their golden years. A baby white-headed capuchin monkey is ...