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 ...

The zoo said the species is endangered and faces threats including "habitat loss, deforestation and climate change." ...

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the male and female spider monkeys were inside of a pet carrier and were ...

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 ...

The Oakland Zoo has a new, adorable, bug-eyed friend: Violeta, the spider monkey. The local Sheriff's department rescued her during a narcotics-related search in Vallejo, California. Veterinarians at ...

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport welcomed a very special new addition just in time for New Year’s Day. The zoo ...

"While this is a joyful time, the first few weeks of life are especially delicate and can be unpredictable," the news release ...

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 ...

(KRON) — A baby spider monkey who was rescued during a bizarre DUI traffic stop in California is recovering well at the Oakland Zoo, veterinarians said Friday. Zoo officials named the tiny monkey ...

Introduction / Christina J. Campbell -- Morphology and evolution of the spider monkey, genus Ateles / Alfred L. Rosenberger ... [et al.] -- The taxonomic status of spider monkeys in the twenty-first ...

The Salisbury Zoo has announced the arrival of two new black-handed spider monkeys, a mother-daughter duo named Sadie and Ripley. The pair recently traveled from Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo in Nebraska ...