Officials say the rising trend of spider monkey babies being domesticated is the cause of these aggressive poachers.

Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern ...

(KRON) — A baby monkey was likely abducted from her mother by poachers before she became someone’s illegal exotic pet in California, Oakland Zoo officials told KRON4. The adorable five-month-old ...

If there's a travel class worse than economy, this poor monkey got to experience it. Authorities in Turkey say they found the baby rhesus during a routine screening at a bus terminal. They say the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The spider monkey, believed to be 1 month old, has since been taken to the Oakland Zoo, according to authorities Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of ...