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 ...

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

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 ...

A group of squirrel monkeys, including a baby. Courtesy San Diego Zoo. The San Diego Zoo is celebrating the births of four bouncing baby primates representing three different species over the last few ...

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, ...

>> THERE ARE THREE NEW ANIMALS IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ZOO IN SANFORD THAT ARE EXCITED TO MEET YOU. >> TODAY IS WHEN THE THREE NEW INFANT MEXICAN SPIDER MONKEYS ARE THERE. THERE WERE GREAT -- THEY WERE ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...