To the editor: The recent case of a young spider monkey rescued during a drug bust in Vallejo highlights the urgent need to ban the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in this country (“Baby spider ...

Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern Mexico and selling them as pets on social media platforms in the United ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Two Mexican spider monkeys, who were reportedly taken from the wild and illegally sold into the pet trade, now call Nashville home. According to officials, two female spider ...

A South Texas zoo that lies at the nexus of animal trafficking and animal rescue thanks to a booming exotic pet trade will soon be featured in an upcoming episode of an educational children's ...

(KRON) — A baby spider monkey who was rescued during a bizarre DUI traffic stop in California is recovering well at the Oakland Zoo, veterinarians said Friday. Zoo officials named the tiny monkey ...

Introduction / Christina J. Campbell -- Morphology and evolution of the spider monkey, genus Ateles / Alfred L. Rosenberger ... [et al.] -- The taxonomic status of spider monkeys in the twenty-first ...