Watching videos of pet monkeys online can be entertaining, and it is easy to see why some people imagine that owning one might be fun. But is keeping a monkey as a pet really a good idea? This ...

Borders across the nation have become a breeding ground for illegal smuggling activity. While the eyes of the state are focused on the distribution of narcotics and migrant travel, a dark side of the ...

The real question is not the legality of having a pet monkey, but the ethics of keeping these creatures in captivity. From ...

As the northeast Johnson County city considers changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to include all monkeys - ...

A South Texas zoo that lies at the nexus of animal trafficking and animal rescue thanks to a booming exotic pet trade will soon be featured in an upcoming episode of an educational children’s ...

Pet Stop, a locally owned pet store and “indoor zoo,” has operated in Shawnee since 1976. Madeline King If you recently walked into Pet Stop — a local pet store operating in Shawnee since 1976 — you ...

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 ...

A howler monkey infant, only a few days old, clings to a subadult white-faced capuchin monkey as it uses tools. Brendan Barrett / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior In June 2022, while watching ...

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 ...

Observations of Coiba’s tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior? Vanessa Crooks Caught in the act! Capuchin monkeys ...