Wildlife trafficking is one of the world's biggest illegal trades, and the U.S. creates much of the demand for pet primates. Now there's a proposed ban on privately owning and breeding these animals.

In Colombia’s Middle Magdalena region, a patchwork of forest corridors is linking up isolated populations of the critically ...

Authorities in Mexico responded to the break room of an office building to wrangle an unusual trespasser -- a spider monkey.

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In the summer of 2001, residents in the small town of Danville, N.H., reported an unusual new resident: a woolly monkey.

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The red panda's arrival brings particular excitement as a potential companion for Ember, the zoo's beloved but notoriously ...

Two new animals have arrived at Paignton Zoo as part of a conservation breeding programme. A female red panda, an endangered species, and a female brown spider monkey, a critically endangered species, ...

Two new animals have arrived at Paignton Zoo as part of a conservation breeding programme. A female red panda, an endangered species, and a female brown spider monkey, a critically endangered species, ...

Brown spider monkeys were added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List in 2020 because their populations in Columbia and Venezuela were declining due to the pet ...

June 19 (UPI) -- A baby spider monkey wearing a diaper was captured after running loose through a San Antonio neighborhood. San Antonio Animal Care Services said the spider monkey, estimated to be ...

Northwest Side owner of spider monkey hit with criminal citations, Animal Care Services says According to the agency, the housing or possession of primates in San Antonio is illegal ...