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 ...

The baby Angolan colobus monkey, known for its striking fur, was born Saturday, marking the first birth of the species at ZooTampa since 2018.

The zoo announced Friday that on the morning of Dec. 7, zookeepers discovered Kivuli, the black-and-white colobus monkey, had ...

To the editor: The recent case of a young spider monkey rescued during a drug bust in Vallejo highlights the urgent need to ban the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in this country (“Baby spider ...

Our planet is home to thousands upon thousands of species, large and small, cute and ugly, and human activity has driven many of them to the brink of extinction in just the past few decades. Today, we ...

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

Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to the arrival of a new baby squirrel monkey! And the best part? You can see this precious new arrival in person starting Friday, July 11, at ...

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SAN DIEGO -- A Texas man was sentenced in federal court Friday for smuggling six Mexican baby spider monkeys into the U.S. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and ...

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 ...

Jorgie Boy the captive spider monkey is back with his owner, who is apparently ecstatic after her “pet” was seized by Irving Animal Control. We aren’t so sure about Jorgie Boy’s feelings on the matter ...