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 ...

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 ...

White-faced capuchin monkeys on Jicarón Island have started abducting baby howler monkeys, surprised scientists report. It’s possible this behavior comes in waves, but it had not been detected in the ...

Howler infant number 5 on the back of a juvenile capuchin carrier, who is using stone tools at an anvil site in a stream bed. Usually, this behavior in females is described as adoption, thought to be ...

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 ...

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 group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys’ backs, but the ...

MADERA COUNTY – A baby spider monkey that was seized during a traffic stop along a Central California highway earlier this week is now in the care of the Oakland Zoo. California Highway Patrol said ...

Between the Old World, which includes Africa and Asia, and the New World, which includes Mexico and Central and South America, there are well over 200 monkey species. Yet, nearly all species of baby ...

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 ...