According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the male and female spider monkeys were inside of a pet carrier and were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (TND) — An investigation by the BBC has exposed what the media outlet is calling a "global network of sadistic monkey torture" after violent videos of people abusing and killing baby ...

The zoo announced Friday that on the morning of Dec. 7, zookeepers discovered Kivuli, the black-and-white colobus monkey, had ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Two baby monkeys were welcomed into the world thanks to the help from staff at the Brevard Zoo. Earlier this month, a cotton-top tamarin named Lunda gave birth to two babies, ...

Cantabrigian actor Casey Affleck wants Beacon Hill to crack down on what he and animal rights activists call cruel experiments on baby primates. What's happening: Affleck wrote a letter to ...

A vaccine originally developed to prevent bacteria-caused diarrhea has now also been found to help infant nonhuman primates grow faster, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.

The bill was presented by Senators Joan Lovely with Mike Moore and Mike Brady and would prohibit the removal of infant primates from their mothers for the first year of their lives. By Chris Gardner ...

Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three ...