The Peoria Zoo's playful patriarch nearly doubled his expected life span, leaving a legacy as a beloved member of the menagerie.

The Peoria Zoo is mourning the loss of Butch, a black-handed spider monkey and the oldest known member of his species, who was born in 1973 and lived at the zoo since 1981.

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 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 ...

A Northern California drug bust has reportedly led to the rescue of three exotic animals, including a spider monkey now being treated at the Oakland Zoo. Deputies with the Solano County Sheriff's ...

BASED ON THAT, DEPUTIES SEARCHED THE SUSPECT’S HOME AND THEY SAY THEY FOUND ANOTHER POUND OF METH AND A SPIDER MONKEY. THEY SAY THEY ALSO FOUND TWO RATTLESNAKES. 50 YEAR OLD CLIFFORD VINCENTE ...

A Texas man will spend months in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking six endangered spider monkeys ... and found the three monkeys — two girls and a boy — in a black bag, per the ...

A Texas man will spend months in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking six endangered spider monkeys ... found the three monkeys — two girls and a boy — in a black bag, per the court ...

A Texas man will spend months in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking six endangered spider monkeys ... stopped the operation and found the three monkeys — two girls and a boy — in a black bag, ...

A Texas man was busted for trafficking vulnerable Mexican baby spider monkeys, who were too young to be separated from their mothers, into San Diego and selling them on Facebook. Sarmad Ghaled ...