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 ...

Violeta, who is being treated at the zoo’s veterinary hospital, cannot receive visitors at this time, the zoo said. Photo from Oakland Zoo An endangered spider monkey found by deputies looking for ...

A 33-year-old Texas man was sentenced in San Diego federal court Friday for coordinating the smuggling of at least six protected baby Mexican spider monkeys through the Calexico Port of Entry, ...

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

An endangered spider monkey found by deputies looking for drugs is doing well at a California zoo, officials reported. The animal’s owner agreed to surrender the monkey, now named Violeta, to the ...

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 ...