Colobus monkeys are native to the forests of Africa, where they form large groups called troops and scavenge for fruits, ...

A US-based online chat group is paying to watch videos of “monkey torture”, animal advocacy campaigners have discovered. Individuals can either buy their own private baby monkey or they join with ...

Many animals across the globe are in danger of becoming extinct — and the Sulawesi crested macaque monkey is one of them. The Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England, recently welcomed a rare newborn monkey, ...

The spider monkey, believed to be 1 month old, has since been taken to the Oakland Zoo, according to authorities Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of ...

Two of six spider monkeys illegally brought into California are shown above with their troopmates where they are now living at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. (U.S. Attorney's Office) A Texas man was busted ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 33-year-old Texas man was sentenced in San Diego federal court Friday for coordinating the smuggling of at least six protected baby Mexican spider monkeys through the Calexico Port of Entry, ...

HOUSTON (WJW) – A Texas man was sentenced to prison for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys into the United States, prosecutors announced on Monday. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of Houston, was ...