When three critically endangered black-handed spider monkeys were confiscated across upstate New York, Carmen Presti of the Primate Sanctuary in Niagara Falls received an urgent call for their care.

Caring for newborn animals in a zoo setting is a delicate process, especially when those animals require constant attention ...

Two Mexican spider monkeys, who were reportedly taken from the wild and illegally sold into the pet trade, now call Nashville ...

An unsettling trend is rising in spider monkeys being poached and sold on social media, and officials from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are on the case to stop this practice from ...

From spider monkeys mapping fruit trees to orangutans mastering nest-building, wild primates reveal remarkable ways they ...

Two female Mexican spider monkeys were stolen from their home in the wild and put into an illegal wildlife pet trade. But now ...

A new black-handed spider monkey (also called Geoffroy’s spider monkey) was born at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo on Dec. 18, the zoo announced in a news release. The baby is currently on display to ...

A few months after being born, one of the newest monkeys at a Connecticut zoo still needs a name. Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo is holding an online poll, where individuals can vote to decide the name ...

City leaders approved a temporary agreement with firefighters that keeps current pay and benefits in place through the end of September, buying time for both si Chicks and bunnies may be cute Easter ...

EUTAWVILLE, S.C. (WIS) - A spider monkey hanging on the side of a building isn’t something you’d normally see every day - especially in the small town of Eutawville. Eutawville Town Clerk Casey Hill ...