Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that ...

Sri Lanka conducts wildlife census to protect crops from monkeys and peacocks. ... Big journey for tiny cat travelling from China to the US ... The toque macaque is a reddish-brown-coloured monkey.

Feb. 10 (UPI) --Officials in Sri Lanka said a monkey in the wrong place at the wrong time was to blame for a power blackout that affected the entire nation.Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody told ...

A rogue monkey allegedly sparked a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka after finding its way into a grid transformer. AFP via Getty Images. The blackout hit around midday Sunday right as ...

Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that ...

A nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that intruded into a power station south of Colombo. Power is gradually being restored across the island nation of 22 million people, ...

Power was being restored across Sri Lanka on Monday, after officials blamed a monkey for entering a power station near the capital Colombo and triggering a nationwide blackout a day earlier. “A ...

A monkey caused a power outage in Sri Lanka on Sunday, said Energy Minister Kumara Jayakodi. While the country struggles with energy security, hilarious memes flooded the internet. Check them here.

Sri Lanka has grappled with a struggling energy grid for years, and monkeys are making it worse. On Sunday at around 11:00 local time (12:30 AM EST), a nationwide blackout forced its 22 million ...

A monkey in Sri Lanka is said to have caused a nationwide electrical blackout in Sri Lanka. Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod/Natural History Museum, London As much as humans have excelled at ...

Sri Lanka's nationwide electricity blackout has been blamed on a monkey that came in contact with a grid transformer, causing an imbalance in the system. The blackout left millions of people ...

Officials in Sri Lanka said a power blackout affecting the entire country was caused by a monkey that came in contact with equipment at a station south of Colombo. Photo by pen_ash/Pixabay.com ...