The animals' path to the U.S. is usually a violent and tragic one.

Research monkey finds safety at New Jersey sanctuary after escaping Mississippi crash that killed seven research primates, ...

A capuchin monkey was struck near Troutman, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 23, after it escaped from Zootastic Park Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

While archaeologists have previously documented a few similar examples of ancient Roman pet monkeys elsewhere, they ...

A rhesus macaque who spent a week on the lam in Mississippi in late October is finally settling into a new home over 990 ...

Zoo Miami has recently expanded its animal family by one! Last month, the Florida-based attraction welcomed a baby white-faced saki monkey, the zoo announced in a news release. Born to 13-year-old ...

Every year on December 14th, World Monkey Day serves as a reason to celebrate these amazing animals. This year, we’re ...

When the Zoo’s newest Allen’s swamp monkey was rejected by his mother after birth, a team of staffers stepped up to care for the infant while he was young. Mike Bock Edgar shown about a week after his ...

BOISE, Idaho -- A 22-year-old man who police say killed a monkey after breaking into the Boise zoo has encountered run-ins with the law in the last three years that include a pair of drug arrests and ...

Popcorn Park Animal Refuge said the monkey, now named Forrest, was one of 21 monkeys being transported to a lab when the truck overturned on a Mississippi highway.