To the editor: The recent case of a young spider monkey rescued during a drug bust in Vallejo highlights the urgent need to ban the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in this country (“Baby spider ...

Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern Mexico and selling them as pets on social media platforms in the United ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. LOUIS – At the Saint Louis Zoo in Primate Canopy Trails, a series of walkways and paths take visitors up close with four new, ...

Hattiesburg Zoo welcomes four rescued spider monkeys after US border smuggling attempt. AZA, Species Survival Program aid ...

A South Texas zoo that lies at the nexus of animal trafficking and animal rescue thanks to a booming exotic pet trade will soon be featured in an upcoming episode of an educational children’s ...

A few months after being born, one of the newest monkeys at a Connecticut zoo still needs a name.

Federal prosecutors say a Houston man has been indicted on charges that he turned endangered primates into a roughly $10,000 side gig, allegedly selling lemurs and spider monkeys across state lines ...

(Roy Toft / National Geographic Stock) Spider monkeys have complex behaviors that vary from group to group, according to a comparison of five isolated populations in Central America. In some groups ...

ST. LOUIS – At the Saint Louis Zoo in Primate Canopy Trails, a series of walkways and paths take visitors up close with four new, endangered spider monkeys. “We have Ozomatli, Chico, Xochitl, and Cula ...