Officials say the rising trend of spider monkey babies being domesticated is the cause of these aggressive poachers.

BRIDGEPORT, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo announced the birth of its first black-handed spider monkey since the 1980s this week. The zoo in Bridgeport said the infant was born to parents ...

Now that’s a funky monkey. An escaped spider monkey in a pink tutu was rescued on the side of a Missouri highway after running up to a sheriff’s deputy and tugging on his pant leg in search of help.

IRVING — The future of Jorgie Boy, a spider monkey whose story has gone viral in North Texas, is up in the air as his former owner and an animal shelter fight for custody of the primate. Pets, even ...

This article originally published at Texas border sees big spike in baby spider monkey trafficking. The search for a famed ...

Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern ...