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 ...

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 ...

The moment he speaks to her is incredible. Paul told us about the moment he jumped into the raging Amazon river to rescue a spider monkey, and the amazing work he does to save the animals of the ...

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 ...

A baby spider monkey is starting a new chapter at the Oakland Zoo after she was rescued by authorities during a methamphetamine bust in Solano County earlier this month. On May 6, Solano County ...

A traffic stop in California’s North Bay area led authorities to search a man’s home and find a spider monkey, rattlesnakes, and over $25,000 worth of methamphetamine. Deputies in Vallejo, about 65 ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — A traffic stop in California earlier this month led authorities to search a man’s home, where they found a spider monkey, rattlesnakes and more than $25,000 worth of methamphetamine.