Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first ...

A small island drifting in the Homosassa River has become home to a group of spider monkeys with a view of passing boats and manatees. Historic Monkey Island, often nicknamed "Florida’s Mini Alcatraz, ...

The Washu Project helps farmers in northern Ecuador conserve forests and save forest-dwelling species by combining scientific research, environmental education, and strengthening communities. The ...

Brown spider monkeys (Ateles hybridus) are some of the world’s most threatened primates, as deforestation has razed about 85% of their habitat in Colombia. With monkey populations living in patches of ...

Topaz, a 31-year-old female black-handed spider monkey, is the newest resident of the Primates of the World building at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Topaz — who arrived in Milwaukee from the Audubon Zoo ...

Officers found him stuffed in a suitcase, where he'd been for 18 hours near the Mexican border. Baby black-handed spider monkeys like "J" go for up to $20,000 on the black market. So contraband ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and endangered black-handed spider monkeys ...