Police officers responded to an unusual situation in Missouri when they retrieved a spider monkey by the side of a highway. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said that they successfully rescued ...

It’s Halloween time and ’tis the season for spooky scary things. Perhaps you’re frightened by paranormal and supernatural entities, or maybe your trepidations are more grounded in the reality of ...

Spider monkeys are being trafficked from Mexico into Texas at an alarming rate, smuggled across the border much like drugs, wildlife officials say. The Texas-Mexico border has become a key corridor ...

A Pelican Bay woman, who told CBS News Texas that she is known by many as the "monkey woman," is willing to relinquish her furry companion, Abu. Carmen, whose first name we're using for now, faces no ...

Brown spider monkeys (Ateles hybridus) are some of the world’s most threatened primates, as deforestation has razed about 85% of their habitat in Colombia. With monkey populations living in patches of ...

June 25 (UPI) --Authorities in Mexico responded to the break room of an office building to wrangle an unusual trespasser -- a spider monkey. Mexico's Attorney General for Environmental Protection, or ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Animal Care Services said a young spider monkey was discovered wandering a northwest-side neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. ACS said the approximately six-month-old monkey was ...

Wildlife trafficking is one of the largest illegal trades in the world. A baby spider monkey and two rattlesnakes were discovered at the home of a suspect who was busted for methamphetamine during a ...

An 18-month-old spider monkey named Violeta has been rescued during a narcotics-related search warrant executed at a Vallejo, California, home on May 7. The young primate was surrendered by her owner ...