Spider monkeys are being trafficked from Mexico into Texas at an alarming rate, smuggled across the border much like drugs, wildlife officials say. The Texas-Mexico border has become a key corridor ...

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 ...

June 25 (UPI) --Authorities in Mexico responded to the break room of an office building to wrangle an unusual trespasser -- a spider monkey. Mexico's Attorney General for Environmental Protection, or ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Animal Care Services said a young spider monkey was discovered wandering a northwest-side neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. ACS said the approximately six-month-old monkey was ...

The moment he speaks to her is incredible. Paul told us about the moment he jumped into the raging Amazon river to rescue a spider monkey, and the amazing work he does to save the animals of the ...

Wildlife trafficking is one of the largest illegal trades in the world. A baby spider monkey and two rattlesnakes were discovered at the home of a suspect who was busted for methamphetamine during a ...

An 18-month-old spider monkey named Violeta has been rescued during a narcotics-related search warrant executed at a Vallejo, California, home on May 7. The young primate was surrendered by her owner ...

A baby spider monkey is starting a new chapter at the Oakland Zoo after she was rescued by authorities during a methamphetamine bust in Solano County earlier this month. On May 6, Solano County ...

A traffic stop in California’s North Bay area led authorities to search a man’s home and find a spider monkey, rattlesnakes, and over $25,000 worth of methamphetamine. Deputies in Vallejo, about 65 ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — A traffic stop in California earlier this month led authorities to search a man’s home, where they found a spider monkey, rattlesnakes and more than $25,000 worth of methamphetamine.