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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Animal siblings can really roughhouse with each other. There’s just something universal about the way siblings, whether they are bonded by blood or of the found family variety, can “monkey” around and ...

Eleven people were arrested during a joint operation targeting online solicitation and prostitution in Abilene, Clyde leaders outline plan after City Manager Rodger Brown resigns following arrest The ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport welcomed a very special new addition just in time for New Year’s Day. The zoo announced the birth of an endangered black-handed ...

A pet spider monkey broke free of its owner at a beloved fall festival and was running amok in its small South Carolina town until local leaders saved the day with a cup of joe. The teeny primate ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby ...