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

Violeta the baby spider monkey is beginning a new chapter at the Oakland Zoo after she was rescued by authorities during a methamphetamine bust in Solano County.

The spider monkey, now named Violeta, was taken to the Oakland Zoo’s veterinary hospital. The organization said she underwent a physical exam and is around 18 months old.

PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, Costa Rica — The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. So biologist Jenna Lawson hid 350 ...

Earlier this year, during a different traffic stop in Madera, California Highway Patrol officers found a spider monkey riding in the passenger seat of a Rolls-Royce driving down Highway 99.

The Salisbury Zoo has announced the arrival of two new black-handed spider monkeys, a mother-daughter duo named Sadie and Ripley. The pair recently traveled from Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo in ...