Social and Behavioral Sciences

Jungle Island's iPad Using Orangutans Mean Apes are Probably Taking Over the World Soon

Oh, sure, the story of orangutans at Miami's famed Jungle Island learning to use iPads may seem cute to you. "Ah, the monkeys think they're peoples!" But be wary, folks. We're pretty sure this is exactly how one of the Planet of the Apes movies started out. First the apes learned how ... More >>

Disney's Chimpanzee: Impressive Despite the Narration

Oh, sure, the story of orangutans at Miami's famed Jungle Island learning to use iPads may seem cute to you. "Ah, the monkeys think they're peoples!" But be wary, folks. We're pretty sure this is exactly how one of the Planet of the Apes movies started out. First the apes learned how ... More >>

UM Study: Voters Prefer Candidates With Deeper Voices

​Did Obama coast to victory just because he had a deeper voice than John McCain? Did Alex Sink lose to Rick Scott in the Florida governor's race because of her high-pitched southern twang? New research by a University of Miami political science professor suggests it may be part of the electoral eq ... More >>

Franken-Artist Enrique Gomez De Molina Sentenced to 20 Months for Wildlife Smuggling

​Enrique Gomez De Molina, the local artist who specializes in surrealist objects assembled from the taxidermied parts of different animals, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for smuggling endangered wildlife. De Molina was first arrested in late November just before Art Basel, and plead gu ... More >>

A Dangerous Method: Keira Knightley dominates

​Enrique Gomez De Molina, the local artist who specializes in surrealist objects assembled from the taxidermied parts of different animals, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for smuggling endangered wildlife. De Molina was first arrested in late November just before Art Basel, and plead gu ... More >>

Cheetah the Chimp Died in Florida, But There's Little Evidence He Was Actually in Tarzan Movies

​To hear the story repeated from fine bastions of journalism like the New York Times, NPR, and CNN, you'd be lead to believe that the chimpanzee who played Cheetah, Tarzan's ape companion in the famed 1930s movie series, recently died in an animal sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida. Don't believe e ... More >>

Binge Drinking Rises with Unemployment: UMiami Study

​Don't think just because incomes tend to dwindle during times of job loss that folks still aren't shelling out cash for booze. In fact, a new University of Miami study claims that incidents of binge drinking tend to rise with state unemployment levels. The study flies in the face of previous stud ... More >>

Miami Ranked One of America's Most Stressful Cities

​Oh sure we've got decent weather and calming seas, but it's not exactly a surprise that for us living year round in Miami life can be stressful. Let's not even get started on our ridiculous traffic, horrible parking, and tanked economy. So it shouldn't be shocki ... More >>

Barack Obama Can Pretty Much Ignore White People in 2012 and Still Win Florida

​Only 42 percent of white voters in Florida voted for Barack Obama back in 2008, but he still managed to narrowly win the state. A new analysis from National Journal suggests that Obama can manage to capture even less of the white Florida vote in 2012 and still pick up our key swing state. Sorry w ... More >>

Find Out The Racial Makeup of Your Neighborhood with NY Times Interactive Map

​Back in September we showed you Eric Fischer's amazing maps of American cities, including Miami, that highlight racial segregation based on 2000 census data. Well, The New York Times seems to have been either inspired, or just straight up in a rip-off mode, and has produced a similar interactive ... More >>

Pompeii to Pinups

​Back in September we showed you Eric Fischer's amazing maps of American cities, including Miami, that highlight racial segregation based on 2000 census data. Well, The New York Times seems to have been either inspired, or just straight up in a rip-off mode, and has produced a similar interactive ... More >>

Brazil Bash

​Back in September we showed you Eric Fischer's amazing maps of American cities, including Miami, that highlight racial segregation based on 2000 census data. Well, The New York Times seems to have been either inspired, or just straight up in a rip-off mode, and has produced a similar interactive ... More >>

They're Animals

​Back in September we showed you Eric Fischer's amazing maps of American cities, including Miami, that highlight racial segregation based on 2000 census data. Well, The New York Times seems to have been either inspired, or just straight up in a rip-off mode, and has produced a similar interactive ... More >>

At the Little Haiti Cultural Center, a world-class exhibit focuses on the art of the Caribbean

​Back in September we showed you Eric Fischer's amazing maps of American cities, including Miami, that highlight racial segregation based on 2000 census data. Well, The New York Times seems to have been either inspired, or just straight up in a rip-off mode, and has produced a similar interactive ... More >>

Panel of Experts to School Women on "Sex and a Healthier You"

​When things dry up in the bedroom, our first instinct is often to blame it on our lover. Too boring, too monotonous, too too too used to the same ol' sex game. While the desert between your legs could be psychological, it turns out that you should visit a doctor before dumping your guy becaus ... More >>

Arts & Eats Guide 2009

A year-round feast of food and culture in the Magic City.

Cipher Complete

A year-round feast of food and culture in the Magic City.

Flyer of the Week: Coke Bust Goes Ape-Shit at House of Pain August 10

Believe it ... There are chimps living among us. And when these wild animals aren't busy ripping the faces off unwitting citizens, they're insidiously hard to spot. Cleverly camouflaged in people clothes with their hair cropped and parted smartly down the middle of the skull, they're shopping in o ... More >>

Bubbles the Chimp Is a Florida Retiree

via GetBackIt's sad to think that aside from his children and certain family members, Michael Jackson's purest relationship might have been with Bubbles the chimp. Bubbles didn't care about Jackson's ownership of the Beatles catalogue. Bubbles wouldn't push Michael into a grueling comeback concert s ... More >>

Pitts' Theory that Conservatives Think They're Oppressed Black People Immediately Confirmed by Conservative

Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. was in fine form this morning with a column plundering a particularly troublesome line of thought amongst many conservatives that they're now basically an oppressed minority.  Indeed, sometimes [the Conservative movement] feels as if it is no longer ... More >>

Report Says Miami is Full of (Broke) Ballers

Image via Little Miss Sunshine.'s flickr/CCMaybe Riptide has been living off of spaghetti and buying beer with couch change for too long. Maybe seeing the parade of Hummers and yachts in South Beach rubs salt in the wound. Maybe. Because it's not very nice. It's kind of mean, actually, that a recen ... More >>

State Uses Bad Science To Back Its Bad Gay Adoption Ban

Florida is the only state in the union with laws that specifically single out gay people from adopting, and again that ban is being challenged as a gay Man who has been the foster parent of two sons since 2004 petitions for adoption. Now, are you ready for the huge friggin' list of respected organi ... More >>

Holistic Happy Hour

Florida is the only state in the union with laws that specifically single out gay people from adopting, and again that ban is being challenged as a gay Man who has been the foster parent of two sons since 2004 petitions for adoption. Now, are you ready for the huge friggin' list of respected organi ... More >>

Florida's Last Sexual Surrogate

Sad stories and otherwise freaky tales.

South Miami Election Followup: "Most Signs" Doesn't Guarantee Win

Sad stories and otherwise freaky tales.

Maya, How You Haven't Changed

A millennium's worth of textiles clothe the Lowe

Daddy's Girl

A local millionaire learns a valuable lesson: Don't sleep with your daughter and then sue her

Revamping the Trova

Jeremías plays the role of romantic troubadour unironically but with flair

Singing the Queen's Praises

She's back on a pedestal and back on the stage

BEST JUNK

Stone Age Antiques

Time Out of Mind

The epic sweep of Timeline is easily forgotten

Ex Models

Zoo Psychology (Frenchkiss Records)

BEST PUBLIC SERVANT

Oliver Kerr

Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning

Looks Good on Paper

Miami's planners already have a blueprint for eliminating poverty -- now all they need is a little divine intervention

How Poor Is Poor?

The government's method of determining who's poor is so outdated that census experts say the poverty picture is much worse than we think

Punt

That's what UM administrators did rather than answer questions about athletes and academics

End Run

The second time a professor caught him cheating, UM football star Andre Johnson seemed to be in deep trouble. That's when home-field advantage kicked in.

Best Junk

Stone Age Antiques

Fem Park

Roxcy O'Neal Bolton Women's History Gallery

More Bedroom Bedlam

The Sixth Sense

Homestead's Dirt

In South Miami-Dade it's all in the land -- the earth, the profits, and the sweet deals

Power Points

In South Miami-Dade it's all in the land -- the earth, the profits, and the sweet deals

Best Waterfront Park

Sewell Park

Night & Day

August 20 - 26, 1998

A King and His Not-Quite Castle

Monkey Jungle's owners say their gorilla is as happy as a clam in his cage. Animal activists say he's going bananas.

Men Are from Caves, Women Are from Venus

Monkey Jungle's owners say their gorilla is as happy as a clam in his cage. Animal activists say he's going bananas.

Dead Wrong

Miami's murder rate is going up, up, up, right?

Freudian Tip

Miami's murder rate is going up, up, up, right?

Been There, Seen This

Miami's murder rate is going up, up, up, right?

Grody Jodie

Miami's murder rate is going up, up, up, right?