The spider monkey, believed to be 1 month old, has since been taken to the Oakland Zoo, according to authorities Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of ...

Between the Old World, which includes Africa and Asia, and the New World, which includes Mexico and Central and South America, there are well over 200 monkey species. Yet, nearly all species of baby ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to the arrival of a new baby squirrel monkey! And the best part? You can see this precious new arrival in person starting Friday, July 11, at ...

Reports of a monkey loose in North Myrtle Beach last month drew attention on social media and speculation from Grand Strand residents. Police even went looking for the animal twice but were unable to ...

Two of six spider monkeys illegally brought into California are shown above with their troopmates where they are now living at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. (U.S. Attorney's Office) A Texas man was busted ...

(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 ...

SAN DIEGO -- A Texas man was sentenced in federal court Friday for smuggling six Mexican baby spider monkeys into the U.S. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called “viscerally disturbing” has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...

A Texas man was sentenced to prison for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys into the United States, prosecutors announced on Monday.