A Connecticut zoo announced the birth of a female black-handed spider monkey -- and officials are now asking the public to ...

This was a real order of monkey business. A Connecticut zoo asked for help naming its baby spider monkey — and revealed the ...

An unsettling trend is rising in spider monkeys being poached and sold on social media, and officials from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are on the case to stop this practice from ...

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 ...

Hattiesburg Zoo welcomes four rescued spider monkeys after US border smuggling attempt. AZA, Species Survival Program aid primate welfare, highlight pet trade risks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of four baby spider monkeys placed at the Abilene Zoo in August 2024 after being rescued from the illegal pet trade. The ...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - Anyone can now visit the young Mexican spider monkeys living at the Saint Louis Zoo, but their journey was far from easy. Four young spider monkeys are now happily ...

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 ...

The four spider monkeys were nearly smuggled in lunch boxes over the border, but they now call the Hattiesburg Zoo home.